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Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish says he expects council will need just one more meeting to wrap up its budget deliberations. Heading into the April 2 committee of the whole meeting, the anticipated residential tax increase was about seven per cent.

A boat that came to symbolize the derelict and abandoned vessels issue in Porpoise Bay has now been hauled from the water for salvage.

Jeri Patterson, a farmer in West Sechelt, told Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors last Thursday about a chance encounter with an old friend she ran into at a grocery store recently.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is once again offering a rainwater harvesting rebate program designed to encourage water conservation.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 24 to April 1: Theft • On March 27, staff at a business in the 5600 block of Cowrie Street, Sechelt reported a theft that occurred on March 16 at 6 a.m.

BC Ferries says it should have more information next week about when the Queen of Surrey can return to service, but determining the cause of the March 26 accident that stranded passengers onboard for 10 hours will take longer.

The recreation area at John Phare (Wormy) Lake is a lot more inviting this week thanks to a dozen volunteers organized by Sunshine Coast Offroad.

22 firefighters, one officer, and a helicopter on scene

The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in Lake Cowichan on Friday says the boy’s mother jumped on top of the animal and pried its jaw open to save her son. “She’s the hero,” Kevin Bromley told CHEK News.

Sunshine Coast Hospice Society members Donna Shugar and Denis Fafard appeared at a regional hospital district board meeting Thursday to request support in their efforts to secure more hospice beds on the Sunshine Coast, a need for which Shugar called