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Seawatch property owners are getting a break on utility bills for 2019, but they’re also asking the district to make regular, written updates on what’s being done about the situation in the evacuated neighbourhood part of every council meeting.

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones says she agrees with ousting Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus over the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Sharing the Shore: Artist Jan Poynter stands with the new, just-mounted mural she has painted for a building at the remodelled area on the slope above Armours Beach in Gibsons.

The BC Ferries commissioner is planning to set the maximum annual increase for BC Ferries fares at 2.3 per cent for the coming contract. Ferries starts its next “performance term” on April 1, 2020 and it runs until March 31, 2024.

The NDP government has introduced amendments to the Coastal Ferry Act to reflect some of the recommendations from the recent review of the ferry service by former deputy minister Blair Redlin.

BC Lions football players Jordan Herdman and Claudell Louis paid a visit to Elphinstone Secondary April 2 to give a workshop about how to prevent violence against women, as part of a community outreach tour.

Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish is offering the Town’s help to organize a “transition” event this summer after the organizing committee behind Sea Cavalcade announced that it was cancelling the event after 50 years.

After seven years of growth, the Gibsons Grind Gran Fondo has been cancelled due to safety concerns, with no firm plans for resurrection. “I work with a number of people who used to ride it,” said Larry Reid, one of the event’s founders.

Evelyn (Eve) Corlett of Gibsons is among the British Columbians being honoured with a Community Achievement Award. The British Columbia Achievement Foundation announced the honourees on April 1.

The site of a development proposal that raised eyebrows in Gibsons for a design that was inspired as much by Venice as Vancouver is back on the market after foreclosure proceedings against the company behind the project.