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Canucks right-winger Blair ‘B.J.’ MacDonald weaves through Blues players at the Vancouver Canucks Alumni game on Friday, Jan. 11.

Halfmoon Bay and Roberts Creek fire chief positions will change from volunteer to paid positions, but the bigger question of whether the district will hire someone to coordinate emergency services on the Coast remains an open one.

About 30 crewmembers from the RCMP, Canadian Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) and the shíshálh Nation’s resource management department were in Gibsons Jan. 12 for a “SAR pod” training exercise.

Councillors in Sechelt are expected to vote Jan. 16 on approving $325,500 in grants from the Sunshine Coast Community Forest’s Legacy Fund.

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The District of Sechelt has closed Seawatch Lane, west of 6649 Seawatch, to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic, although the five homes with driveways on Seawatch Lane can still be accessed.

Councillors in Gibsons are recommending the preferred site for an affordable rental housing project be changed to 571 Shaw Road, a property that was, until early last year, being considered for the Trellis Seniors Services long-term care facility.

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The District of Sechelt says Wakefield Road has been reopened after being closed to all but local traffic last Friday after the heavy rains caused damage to the area where Wakefield meets Highway 101.

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