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Sechelt council voted May 15 to issue the development permit for a restaurant at the Trail Bay Centre to be called El Segundo, after the plans were changed to address concerns raised by the advisory planning commission (APC).

Passengers and crew on two BC Ferries vessels were delayed on the long weekend, with one incident involving a swimming bear and the other a naked human. On Monday, Coastal Celebration, set to leave Swartz Bay at 4 p.m.

The warm weather of the past month has resulted in snow melt at a rate that did not occur last year until June – and with the melt comes anticipation that Stage 2 outdoor water restrictions for those on the regional water system will be in effect by

Approval process would combine meter installations with Church Road wells

A stretch of cool rainy weather in mid-May has allowed the Coastal Fire Centre to drop the wildfire danger rating to low for the Sunshine Coast, but the season has already gotten off to a busier start than last year.

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As directors wrestle with what to do about the impending landfill closure, statistics are showing people on the Sunshine Coast keep generating more garbage.

He endorses a bypass outside Sechelt and is open to considering one for Gibsons, but when it comes to a new highway through Roberts Creek, Area D director Andreas Tize does not approve.

After a sparsely attended public hearing, Sechelt councillors have put a cannabis zoning bylaw on hold while they wait for more information from planning staff on adding a “notwithstanding clause.

It could take at least five years before the Sunshine Coast gets a new landfill – almost the same amount of time that’s left in the existing landfill’s life.