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SD46 has created a new substance-use regulation to stop students from using e-cigarettes or vaporizers at school, in addition to cannabis, tobacco and other “impairing substances.

The District of Sechelt has selected Waste Management to provide curbside solid waste collection, including recycling and organics.

Sunshine Coast Regional District directors have chosen their alternates, all of whom have been sworn in. Leonard Lee, director for Pender Harbour/Egmont, chose Marianna Katalin Bekei prior to the election.

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Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 8 to 14: Lost Property • On Jan. 8, a fundraising lottery board was lost, either along Pratt Road, Gibsons, or in the town of Gibsons.

An 18-year-old man made an appearance in Sechelt Provincial Court Thursday after an incident at Chatelech Secondary on Jan. 15. Sunshine Coast RCMP said around 12:30 p.m.

A key figure in the preservation of shíshálh language and culture has died. Respected elder Anne Quinn (sempatkwa, sonee) passed away peacefully surrounded by family in the early morning of Jan. 14 in Sechelt. She was 84.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has proposed two major projects to redevelop public residential care facilities Shorncliffe and Totem Lodge, in addition to moving ahead with a deal with Trellis Seniors Services to build a new long-term care facility o

The District of Sechelt is awaiting the results of test drilling and engineering analysis before deciding whether Seawatch Lane can be reopened. The district closed the road, west of 6649 Seawatch, on Jan.

The Sunshine Coast Community Forest is warning the public about “danger trees” after a partly cut tree fell on a roadway at Wormy Lake.