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Sechelt’s finance committee is looking to follow the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) lead to iron out an unexpected wrinkle caused when new owners took over Sechelt’s garbage contract.

An uptick of fires across B.C. this weekend included a small one near Twin Creeks in West Howe Sound, though BC Wildfire service did not classify it as a wild fire. The fire was discovered at 5:48 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11.

An interpretive sign outside Victoria city hall explaining the removal of a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, has been vandalized.

Crews have started a six-month operation to clean up old pulp mill structures at the Woodfibre site.

Three years after the death of a 33-year-old Sunshine Coast man in an incident with Vancouver police, the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) says it still needs “important third party information” before concluding its probe and deciding if any

As of Monday, Aug. 13, Stage 3 outdoor water use restrictions are in effect for most Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) water users south of Pender Harbour and for Zone 3 water users in the Town of Gibsons.

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