Local News

A well site has been identified in Granthams Landing that could supply water to up to 6,500 people during a drought – enough to reduce the projected water supply deficit of the Chapman Creek system by 40 per cent.

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) is trying to put pressure on BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to further delay auctioning the cutblock A87126 in the Dakota Valley on Mount Elphinstone.

The District of Sechelt is moving to take possession of five abandoned vessels in Porpoise Bay after none of the owners came forward by the Jan. 21 deadline set in a series of legal notices published in December.

Details are few but preparations are underway for a review of Highway 101. The study was raised by Roberts Creek director Andreas Tize during a Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) transportation committee meeting last Thursday.

Directors wrestled with options for waste collection at a special meeting last Friday in advance of an impending decision on whether to award Waste Management a multi-million-dollar contract for curbside collection in rural areas.

Councillors on Sechelt’s committee of the whole have recommended early budget approval of most the capital projects presented at their Jan. 23 meeting, but new office furniture for municipal hall didn’t make the cut.

The Sunshine Coast Regional Economic Development Organization (SCREDO) is expanding the FUSE Community Workhub into Sechelt and Pender Harbour and moving the original FUSE in Gibsons to a bigger location.

The mayors of Gibsons and Sechelt, who also sit on the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board, are seeking direction from their councils on proposed changes to fire services and emergency planning.

A new poll is putting the Liberals ahead of the NDP by 13 points in Wednesday’s provincial byelection in Nanaimo. According to a Mainstreet Research poll released Jan. 28, the Liberals have 44.

Police say they closed Porteau Cove Provincial Park in Howe Sound Sunday afternoon after “items of interest” were found in the water. Several divers at the park alerted RCMP about the items at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday.