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Graduating students from School District No.46 gather with bursary and scholarship donors, and representatives from the school district in the foyer of Chatelech Secondary at a donor appreciation tea held May 9.

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Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers faced a relatively friendly crowd for the first “Breakfast with the Mayor” event of her term.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have confirmed one person is dead after a fire May 10 at a home in Wilson Creek. The Sechelt Fire Department got called out to the home on Hupit Street in the shíshálh Nation lease lands around 3 a.m.

New rules for outdoor water use are in effect, following adoption of the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) drought management plan at the May 9 board meeting.

Close to $80,000 in grant funding has been awarded by the Healthcare Auxiliary to 10 non-profits through a grant program aimed at supporting preventive health care on the Sunshine Coast.

Councillors in Gibsons have adopted their 2019 budget. The budget will see residential property taxes rise by 7.5 per cent and business taxes increase by three per cent.

Sunday, May 5, was a glorious day for the Hike for Hospice fundraising event in Mission Point Park.

Businesses in the Pier 17 building in Davis Bay were behind yellow caution tape on Thursday morning after an overnight fire.

The backyard fire that went out of control and burned through six acres of forest in Halfmoon Bay last week did not have a permit and remains under investigation. “There was no permit issued for the fire.