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Porpoise Bay: Habitat recovery project enters new phase

Porpoise Bay: Habitat recovery project enters new phase

Divers with the SeaChange Marine Conservation Society were scheduled to return to the waters of Porpoise Bay this week to start mapping areas for the next phase of the Salish Sea Nearshore Habitat Recovery Project.
Sechelt backs library increase, more negotiations to come

Sechelt backs library increase, more negotiations to come

Sechelt council has endorsed an increase in the Sechelt Public Library budget in an effort to stake out its position in negotiations on a new funding agreement with the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) and Sechelt Indian Government District (S
SCRD Briefs

SCRD Briefs

Fitness equipment coming New fitness equipment could be coming to the Gibsons and Area Community Centre, Sechelt Aquatic Centre and Pender Harbour Aquatic and Fitness Centre, now that directors have approved contracts with fitness suppliers.
Group pushes for regional park in Powell River

Group pushes for regional park in Powell River

Recreation area south of city privately owned by Island Timberlands
Labour deal clears way for Trellis long-term care facility

Labour deal clears way for Trellis long-term care facility

Vancouver Coastal Health
West Porpoise Bay Estates gets development permits

West Porpoise Bay Estates gets development permits

Sechelt council has approved the development permits for a multi-unit project planned for a steeply sloped area on the shores of Porpoise Bay.
Drugged dog on the mend

Drugged dog on the mend

The BC SPCA says a stray dog brought to its Sunshine Coast shelter tested positive for THC and “high levels of cocaine.
Throne speech promises to hold line on ferry fares

Throne speech promises to hold line on ferry fares

The Horgan government’s throne speech highlighted fare freezes and reductions at BC Ferries as one of the ways the NDP minority has been “reducing costs and fees,” but didn’t offer any hints about whether it would continue beyond the end of fiscal ye
Seniors minister visits Coast

Seniors minister visits Coast

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones says it’s fitting that the first Trudeau government cabinet minister to visit Sechelt was the seniors minister. Goldsmith-Jones and minister Filomena Tassi were on the Coast Feb.
Crossroads Church hosting anti-porn weekend

Crossroads Church hosting anti-porn weekend

Crossroads Church is inviting the public to attend a weekend event about pornography, including the screening of Canadian documentary Over 18 at Chatelech Secondary School.