Local News

The District of Sechelt is losing two key staff members. Director of planning and development Tracy Corbett will be stepping down at the end of June and director of finance Doug Stewart will leave his post in early July.

Woodfibre LNG is seeking what is called a “simple amendment” to its Environmental Assessment Certificate to more broadly define the term “construction.

A concern about road safety prompted the Sunshine Coast RCMP to dispatch one of its officers to Davis Bay Pier on Friday. Students and supporters were participating in a climate strike, the third since March that was held at the Davis Bay Pier.

The BC Timber Sales (BCTS) response to Elphinstone Logging Focus’s (ELF) court challenge of the auction of cutting rights on block A93884 in the Clack Creek area says the agency was acting within its authority and ELF’s petition for a judicial review

The Coastal Fire Centre will impose a ban on Category 2 open burning starting at noon on May 30, although most of the Sunshine Coast is already under municipal or fire department bans.

Ice is expected to be installed at the Gibsons arena in August, even though it could result in a small deficit. Directors unanimously voted in favour of August ice at a May 23 corporate and administrative services committee meeting.

Councillors on Sechelt’s committee of the whole have voted to support a five-storey version of the proposed mixed-use building at the intersection of Wharf Avenue and East Porpoise Bay Road.

The Sechelt Fire Department says a beach fire that had been left smouldering caused a bigger blaze that destroyed a small homeless camp May 25. Emergency crews were called out to the beach the foot of Shorncliffe Avenue shortly after 4 p.m.

Outdoor water restrictions are scheduled to get stricter Friday, June 7, with the imposition of Stage 2 regulations.

Shíshálh Nation member ch’elkwilwet Raquel Joe sweeps cedar boughs over a red cedar tree at a blessing ceremony in Sechelt for the “Carving Tears into Dreams of Reconciliation” project.