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The District of Sechelt won’t be without a director of planning for long. Sechelt officials announced June 24 that Andrew Allen will take over the job on or before Aug. 6.

The District of Sechelt is going to dip into its gas tax reserve to cover the balance of the airport runway and resurfacing project after learning the project does not qualify for money from the Island Coastal Economic Trust.

Councillors to revisit EV charging fees

Conservation officers are still hoping to catch a bear cub that was one of three that escaped injury after the sow they were with was hit by a vehicle June 21 near Trout Lake in Halfmoon Bay.

The BC Wildfire Service says the fire that broke out near Port Mellon on June 19 is still being mopped up. Two hot spots were detected during scans Sunday and a crew was returning to the area on Monday.

BC Ferries reached a record high for vehicle traffic levels and carried the second highest number of passengers in its history during the past fiscal year. The system carried 22.3 million passengers and 8.

BC Coroners office investigating June 22 incident

Just hours after the federal government announced it had approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, local First Nations vowed to continue fighting the project.

Members of Sechelt’s business community were asked to bring their ideas to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) as local government considers banning single-use plastics.

It took five bargaining sessions since March but support workers at School District No.46 (SD46) have reached a tentative agreement with the district. The tentative agreement is expected to be ratified at a meeting on June 20.