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Frustration over party houses and slow response times to problem renters contrasted with arguments in favour of rental properties as mortgage helpers at a public hearing on rule changes to short-term rental accommodations.

Councillors in Sechelt are having another go at cannabis zoning amendments.

Persephone Brewing Company founder and CEO Brian Smith has handed over the reins to Jenn Vervier, a former executive at one of the largest craft brewing companies in the United States. “We are so excited to welcome Jenn to Persephone.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors voted unanimously to ask the province to make rules to reduce single-use plastics and disposable plastic packaging, and they voted to look at the feasibility of campaigning for reduced use on the Suns

Clack Creek Forest

A 70-year-old Gibsons man with dementia who had been reported missing has died after falling down an embankment.

Greg Moore

More than 350 people turned out for the fourth annual Pride Parade last Sunday, which wound its way along the Davis Bay seawall at noon. Following the parade, people gathered at Mission Point Park for the annual Sunday in the Park with Pride.

A packed longhouse where members of the public were invited to celebrate the progress of the syiyaya Reconciliation Movement on Friday helped to kick off National Indigenous Peoples Day in Sechelt.

Gibsons council has voted to provide funding for the Gibsons Shorelight Lantern Festival out of the money it had set aside to support the now-cancelled Sea Cavalcade fireworks.