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A bylaw to regulate noise and set quiet hours in Gibsons moved from committee review to council consideration on Sept. 8. Anti-Noise Bylaw No. 1285 is under consideration by council. If it receives support, adoption could happen as early as Oct. 6.

Under the new bylaw, quiet hours in the Town would be from 10pm to 7am Monday to Thursday. On weekends those hours move to between 11pm and 8am. On Jan. 31, noise would be permitted up to 1am on New Years Day. Construction noise would be permitted as early as 7am and could continue to 8pm on weekdays. On weekends,

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At the committee meeting, Councillor David Croal noted that many in the community are aware of the provisions in the new bylaw and are looking to adapt to it. While other committee members questioned the ability of the Town to enforce the new rules with a single bylaw enforcement officer, Croal stated that adopting an updated version was “a start in the right direction.” He noted that the addition of measurable noise limits could be added to the legislation by amending the bylaw at a later date.

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Langdale exempt from car deck rules

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BC Ferries customers travelling on the Horseshoe Bay– Langdale route may remain in their vehicles on the main (lower) car decks.

As of Sept. 30, Transport Canada is ending the temporary flexibility it granted ferry operators that allowed passengers to remain in their vehicle on enclosed vehicle decks in response

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A section regarding the use of power equipment in construction and for other purposes like lawn mowing was added to the new bylaw.

Noise from those types of uses would be allowed 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday.

On Sundays and statutory holidays, power tool noise would be restricted to 9am to 6pm.

In July, council asked staff to produce a new draft bylaw that updated its current 1980 version, requesting expansion of time restrictions for construction activities and the use of power tools. Those

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“We were disappointed with the announcement from Transport Canada,” said BC Premier John Horgan. “This is not something we sought.

This is something that is being imposed, returning to a previous situation that we also felt was a bit heavy-handed for the inland waters that our ferries travel in.”

The vessels on the Horseshoe Bay–Langdale route operate in ‘sheltered’ waters as defined by Transport Canada.

BC Ferries received approval from Transport Canada to operate the ships on that route with the stern doors open, which makes the deck an ‘open’ vehicle deck. The company added a new steel barrier gate across the opening to ensure safety and meet the requirements of an ‘open’ main car deck.

There may be situations where the ships operate with the stern doors closed, in which case customers on the main car deck will be required to leave their vehicle.

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Wakefield lift station replacement delay Despite budgeting in 2020 to replace the failure-prone Wakefield Road wastewater effluent lift station, the District of Sechelt has delayed this project until at least next year.

The work is being delayed pending decisions on grants from the Green Infrastructure Funding for Small Communities and the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The District has applied for both. Announcements on successful applications have not been made due to complications brought on by COVID-19.

In a press release dated March 18, the District stated it had included $870,750 to replace the station in its 2020 budget. These were funds from District sources, so the replacement would not depend on having a grant approved.

The grant application is for 73.3 percent of the project costs. Sechelt Communications Manager Julie Rogers said that the grant awards wouldn’t be announced until

spring 2021. “If we start on the construction prior to the grant being awarded, this project will not be eligible for the grant,” said Rogers.

Upgrading the station was cited as a council priority in this year’s budget after it failed and spilled sewage onto its Salish Sea foreshore location in November 2018 and again in March 2020. An estimated 5,300 litres of effluent spilled in the most recent case, and between 500700 litres discharged in the 2018 incident.

Both recent failures occurred in conjunction with wet season storms. Much of the equipment at the site has been there since the station was commissioned in 1993.

The location has a diesel generator backup to keep the pumps operating during BC Hydro power outages. Plans are to increase the capacity of the station when the replacement is completed.

When asked by the Local about plans for safe operation of the site during the coming winter season, Rog-

ers said, “the lift station has been inspected and is monitored frequently. We have taken steps to ensure the lift station will be operating as required for the next several months. We are confident we will be able to manage any issues that arise.”

According to Rogers, all Sechelt’s lift stations are inspected daily Monday to Friday with Wakefield also inspected on weekends. The additional inspections at that site are performed on the wet well to check for grease and rag buildup. Accumulations of wipes and rags in sewer equipment have increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Improvements to the electrical components and security alarms were also completed in the last year.

The Wakefield Road site is one of nine sewer lift stations operated by the District. Along with one located at Norwest Bay Road, it serves the growing residential neighbourhood of West Sechelt Connie Jordison

Tla’amin Nation, near Powell River, now has 28 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and they are awaiting updated data.

To slow and stop the spread of Covid-19 Tla’amin has taken extraordinary measures including a shelter in place order, barricading access

points in and out of the community, organizing testing in the village, and assembling food and other essentials for its citizens.

Those who have tested positive are isolating at home under the supervision of healthcare providers.

“We are used to pulling to-

gether as a community. These measures to slow and contain the spread of COVID-19 are essential to protect our Elders,” said Hegus Clint Williams. “As a self-governing Nation, we will continue to do what we need to in order to keep our community safe.”

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We’ve only got one planet This year, “Earth Overshoot Day” came later than it has in 15 years – on Aug. 22. That’s a mixed blessing. Increasing per capita consumption, population growth and rising greenhouse gas emissions had been moving the date earlier almost every year since the 1970s.

“Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year,” according to the organization behind the concept, Global Footprint Network. Even with the later overshoot date, we burned through a year’s resources in under eight months.

That means we would need 1.6 Earths to support humanity’s current demands on the planet’s ecosystems.

Moving the date closer to year’s end is the goal, but this later-than-expected overshoot day was largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Network, the global pandemic slowdown helped drive the world’s carbon footprint (that is, emissions) down by 14.5 percent.

Network president Mathis Wackernagel sees this year’s result as an encouraging sign that progress is possible but cautions that it must be made “by design not by disaster.” He compares our behaviour to a scam where current wealth must be repaid by others in the future: “Most countries have pretty strict laws about businesses running Ponzi schemes, but somehow in the ecological domain we think it’s okay. We’ve only got one planet, and that’s not going to change. We’ve got a very simple choice, one-planet prosperity or one-planet misery.”

Because cities already consume 78 percent of the world’s energy and produce more than 60 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions, “City planning and urban development strategies are instrumental to balancing the supply of natural capital and population’s demand.”

Rapid population growth is also unsustainable, although consumption is a much greater problem – evidenced by the fact that the world’s wealthiest 10 percent produces close to half the world’s consumption-related emissions, compared to just 10 percent by humanity’s poorest half.

Research shows the best way to slow population growth is to empower women. With greater access to education and family-planning resources, as well as increased equality and better economic opportunities, women have fewer children and often have them later in life. Project Drawdown estimates family-planning resources and education for girls could slow human population growth by one billion by 2050, keeping more than 85 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere.

Although slowing population growth is important, we can’t resolve the climate crisis if we don’t reduce the amount of resources we consume, which is at a much faster rate than Earth can replenish them. David Suzuki

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions Child’s play I have been studying and facilitating children’s play in Canada and around the world for the past 60 plus years. Yet, yesterday I saw the most wondrous play I have ever seen involving two young children at Davis Bay Beach.

Young Declan, about three and still with a nappy under his swimsuit, and his slightly older sister, played happily and productively for a long time in the beach detritus. They explored, balanced and played on logs, large driftwood pieces, tree roots, large rocks, pebbles and sand. The joy of their explorations and discoveries was readily evident on both faces and in their childhood exchanges.

During all the time this play was going on, their two grandparents sat nearby and very wisely did not intercede, attempt to govern or sanitize the industrious activities of their grandkids.

These adults did what is too often missing from the lives of children; that is, allowing them freedom to move on their own in a challenging environment full of adventure and learning.

In our post-modern society, where kids have little freedom to roam or explore, it was encouraging to witness this rare return to the authentic play that should be the heritage and right of all children.

I applaud the wisdom of these two grandparents in returning play to the lives of their offspring and only wish that more parents, grandparents, teachers, recreation workers, and civic planners would recognize and honour children by renewing authentic play in childhood. The key elements are providing natural environments and freedom

to move, explore, and improvise for our children.

This needed reform is remarkably simple and yet so very profound.

Dr. Garfield Pennington, Professor Emeritus, UBC, Roberts Creek

The real COVID crisis Immediately after the March 18 emergency declaration, people were told to self-isolate and venture out only if necessary. Never before have healthy people been quarantined – that was reserved only for the sick. This, followed by directives to socially distance and wear masks, has disallowed the accumulation of herd immunity and allowed the pandemic to drag on.

As well, the anxiety, fear, and depression created by these measures, and the daily COVID press briefings, will have lowered immunity to all infections, not just COVID-19.

The out-of-control opioid crisis; the loss of income giving rise to increases in homelessness, malnutrition and spousal abuse; negative psychological effects on young children; cancellation of much-needed surgeries and on and on – these are harming health much more than the virus.

As of Sept. 3, only 209 people (0.0041% of the BC population) were said to have died from COVID-19.

Almost all were elderly, and no doubt had other health conditions. Now, deaths are down, testing has ramped up, but the case count is meaningless because the tests aren’t accurate.

As for all of us who’ve not succumbed, the worst is yet to come. Starting next year, we’ll have to begin paying down the enormous debt our governments have acquired from giving hand-

outs to most sectors of the population and paying for endless supplies of masks, face shields, gowns, ventilators, hand sanitizers, test kits and personnel to do the testing.

Susan Fletcher, Sechelt

Public consultation?

The Town of Gibsons Zoom meeting regarding a Tree Preservation Bylaw was scheduled for 5:30pm on Sept. 14. This is public consultation?

I am shocked that this draconian bylaw has passed readings with so many flaws. Where is the “Urban Forest” plan addressed in the Town of Gibsons’ OCP? The need for renewable energy is addressed. How are the two concepts compatible?

The Tree Preservation Bylaw was a recommendation included in the Town’s 2018 Integrated Stormwater Management Plan (ISMP), with a focus on the impact of tree removal on stormwater runoff quantity and quality. This is also addressed in the Subdivision and Development Servicing and Stormwater Management Bylaw 2012. Somehow, the staff have taken this as a directive to limit the rights of property owners under the direction of the Director of Infrastructure and Services, addressing all trees, not just trees that assist in stormwater management and erosion control.

Touring around Gibsons is witness enough that the citizens are managing trees on their own land well enough without government intervention.

The Subdivision and Development Servicing and Stormwater Management Bylaw 2012, which sets out the Town’s requirements

for “Street Trees,” outlines manageable trees which are by species, easily pruned and do not grow to enormous heights. In fact, it prohibits the planting of the proposed protected trees species listed in the Tree Preservation Bylaw. These two documents are in direct contradiction.

The Urban Forest concept is good on paper; however, the Town spends thousands of tax dollars a month managing the huge trees, not to mention BC hydro, who must maintain the rightsof-way through these trees.

Uninhibited species named in the “protected” section of the document will grow four to six feet a year and soon will pose a hazard. As you know, a forest ecosystem limits the rapid growth of these species, and the forest community maintains tree stability. This is not the case for lone or partial forests, as can be seen in places like Arrowhead Park.

Public consultation has been non-existent. The only opportunity to see this is if people have been following council meetings and, more recently, announced on the Town’s website that a zoom meeting is scheduled for 5:30 on a weekday. Just when all the working people are coming home to get their dinner and children organized. This is shameful!

Mark Evans, Gibsons

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Abandoned vehicle problem on the Coast According to RCMP Constable Karen Whitby, abandoned vehicles along public roads “are a problem” across the Sunshine Coast. Adjacent to the Harbour Authority of Pender Harbour – Whiskey Slough government dock, three of about a dozen parking spots are occupied by abandoned vehicles. The two minivans and a compact car have broken windows, flat tires and expired license plates.

That parking area is on the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure right of way on Warnock Road.

Leonard Lee, area director for Pender Harbour, and his alternate, Marianna Bekei, have been working on a solution for this problem with the SCRDs Transportation Advisory Committee. With assistance from the area’s residents association, removal of the derelict vehicles from that location will be used as a “test case.” The goal of Lee and others involved in this experiment is to create a program that can be expanded to help solve a variety of issues related to vehicle parking availability that plague the area.

In the case of abandoned vehicles, the different levels of government need to work out who holds the responsibility to fund removals. Ministry procedure, as outlined on www.tranbc.ca, is to remove any vehicle that remains on

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An abandoned black Mitsubishi parked at Trout Lake. The vehicle has been there since mid-August. CONNIE JORDISON PHOTO the roadside for more than 72 hours, unless it is involved in an RCMP investigation. Removed vehicles are towed to impound or wrecking yards by private contractors. Registered owners are to be held responsible for the costs involved. If the owner does not pay within 14 days, the ministry has the right to dispose of the vehicle.

Unfortunately, when the units have little or no monetary value, recovering the costs from the owner or through sale of the item is unlikely. That leaves the local authorities with costs and no clear source of funding to pay them.

Even when an abandoned car is involved in an RCMP action, Whitby explained that the local detachment is not

funded to undertake removal in all cases. That has been the situation for a black Mitsubishi sport utility vehicle parked along Highway 101 at Trout Lake. The vehicle has been there since mid-August.

For the first three weeks, it was surrounded by police tape. In early September, the tape was removed, but not by the RCMP. Unlike the vehicles parked at Whiskey Slough, the SUV appears to have current registration.

All of these units are taking up space at popular public recreation sites where parking is often at a premium.

Whitby stated she is eager to see local government action to address the abandoned vehicle issue.

Connie Jordison

UPDATE FROM THE DISTRICT OF SECHELT • The District municipal office is open: 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday.

• Meetings with District staff are by telephone or electronic means as much as possible.

• Council meetings are held on the Zoom platform. Citizens can join the Zoom meeting or watch on YouTube.

• Rockwood Lodge and Mission Point House are available for private or public bookings with additional safety protocols in place.

Contact booking@sechelt.ca for details.

• The Sechelt library is open from: 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday • Please wear a mask.

Occupancy is reduced.

Technology help is being offered.

• Go to Sechelt.bc.libraries.coop to learn more about library services.

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Why the flu shot is so important for the 2020-21 influenza season Millions of people across the globe get flu shots each year. Flu shots protect people against influenza, but they might provide even greater benefits in 2020.

As the world continues to confront the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, it’s imperative that people everywhere take every step necessary to protect themselves and others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that a flu vaccine will not protect people against COVID-19. However, flu vaccines have been shown to reduce the risk of illness related to the flu. Those illnesses weaken people’s immune

systems, making them more vulnerable to other viruses, including COVID-19.

Flu vaccines have also been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization. That’s a significant benefit of being vaccinated, as people who get their flu shots can indirectly help hospitals conserve potentially scarce resources. As the COVID-19 virus rapidly spread late in the winter of 2019-20, many hospitals across the country and even the globe were stretched incredibly thin. So anything ordinary citizens can do to alleviate such burdens can help save lives while also making hospital workers’ jobs easier

and less stressful.

Many people may be concerned about going out and getting a flu shot in 2020.

That’s especially likely for people who live in communities where the COVID-19 virus is spreading. However, the CDC notes that getting a flu shot in 2020 is an essential part of protecting your health and the health of your family. Many doctor’s offices are now insisting patients wait in their cars until doctors are ready to see them, and masks may be required when entering the doctor’s office. Such measures can reduce the risk of getting the COVID-19 virus when visit-

ing a doctor’s office for a flu shot or another visit, so patients should not be hesitant to receive their vaccinations in 2020. Patients can follow such protocols even if their doctors are not insisting they do so. The same safety measures can be followed by people who intend to get their flu shots from neighbourhood pharmacies.

Flu shots are vital to individual and public health every year, but the importance of being vaccinated against influenza in 2020 is heightened as the world continues to confront the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.

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British Columbians at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive early detection screening, thanks to the provincial government’s investment in a new lung cancer screening program offered by BC Cancer – the first of its kind in Canada.

“At a time when we are dealing with the challenges of COVID-19, it’s easy to forget that many families around the province are grappling with a cancer di-

agnosis. Cancer doesn’t wait for global pandemics, and we know that early detection can save lives,” said Premier John Horgan. “Our new lung cancer screening program will mean more treatment options, faster recovery and better outcomes for people around the province. It’s part of our work to keep people safe and healthy – no matter what they’re dealing with.”

The target population for this new cancer screening

program will be adults aged 55 to 74 who smoke or have a heavy smoking history.

It’s expected the first participants could be receiving scans by spring 2022.

“In 2020, an estimated 3,300 people in BC will be diagnosed with lung cancer,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “Through early detection with this new lung cancer screening program, we will see survival rates dramatically improve.

Similar to our other cancer screening programs, British

Columbia is leading the way.

We are proud to be the first province in Canada to establish a lung cancer screening program.”

Seventy percent of all lung cancers are currently diagnosed at an advanced stage, and when symptoms are already present. It is anticipated that approximately 300 people will be diagnosed each year through the program. They will be diagnosed earlier, giving them more treatment options.

“This is a truly important

day for British Columbians,” said Dr. Kim Chi, vice-president and chief medical officer, BC Cancer. “Our clinicians and scientists have been working for years to get to this point, which is being made possible by the leadership and investment from the government of British Columbia and our valued funding partners, the BC Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.”

This lung cancer screening program supports other recent actions the government

has taken to invest in early cancer diagnosis and treatment, including the addition of regional cancer centres at the second Surrey Hospital and Burnaby Hospital, and the expansion and investment in BC Cancer centres throughout the province with new state-of-the-art PET/ CT scanners in Kelowna and Victoria.

British Columbia was also one of the first jurisdictions to create a cervical and breast cancer screening program.

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Support for the concepts and harsh words for some of the conditions of Gibsons’ proposed Tree Preservation Bylaw was heard at the Sept.

14 public hearing.

Most of the area residents who took the time to comment expressed views in favour of tree protection. It was the more prescriptive measures in the 38 pages of regulations that brought forward criticism. Comments were made that the regulations were “over the top,” too complex for the average citizen to

understand and an unfair imposition on the rights of private property owners. Bylaw clauses related to inspection and enforcement were called “draconian” by several speakers.

The draft bylaw encourages the retention of trees and includes guidelines for the planting of replacement trees when existing trees are removed for construction or other purposes. It also lists 11 protected tree species that should not be removed.

For three of those species,

protection extends to seedlings as well as trees.

The online hearing was attended by about 22 audience members in addition to Town staff and council representatives. Over 30 written submissions were forwarded.

Several submission authors also spoke at the hearing.

Another point of contention for some attendees was the Town’s process used to bring forward this proposal. Several comments were made regarding a lack of public input during the drafting

of the bylaw. There were also negative comments about using the Zoom platform for a public hearing on a bylaw that will impact almost all landowners. It was stated that many residents might not be comfortable using the relatively new technology.

The timing of the event, at 5:30pm on a weekday, was also criticized as inconvenient for many who commute to workplaces outside of the municipality.

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The Highway 101 Corridor Study was defended by the minister responsible during a Sept. 10 Zoom meeting organized by the Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce.

Meeting participants from the Coast criticized the study,

released Sept. 4, as ineffective in addressing our area’s need for a “real highway.” When asked what locals need to do to move forward from “endless studies to action,” Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Clare Trevena asked for patience. She said the study is “the foundation for work in the future.”

Discussions related to the highway dominated the 45-minute meeting, which was attended by about 30 people. Trevena and the Chamber members were joined by local MLA Nicholas Simons and representatives of Coast local governments in the online session. Both provincial politicians left the meeting before it concluded, due to other commitments.

That allowed the meeting host, Chamber Board Chair-

person John Henderson, to close the event with statements that “the Sunshine Coast needs a highway” and that his organization was “not willing to let this go.” He said that the business community will continue to be pro-active in seeking a better solution for vehicle, pedestrian and cyclist traffic on the Coast. In response to Trevena’s statement that full analysis is needed before the province commits the hundreds of thousands of dollars that would be needed to upgrade the full length of Highway 101, Henderson said, “that is only a big number until you determine the benefit.”

In conjunction with the study, the province has committed to start improvements next year at the Joe Road/Orange Road intersections with

the highway. The study also recommends more than $20 million in other safety upgrades along the route.

The minister also touched on provincial support for the Coast’s airport. Provincial representatives in the meeting did not respond about when a decision on Sechelt’s second recent BC Air Access Program grant application would be made. Earlier this year, Sechelt submitted a second request to top up the just over $1 million approved by the program in 2019 for runway resurfacing and extension. The municipality needs additional money to complete the project, as the runway base was in much worse condition than was estimated when the first grant was requested.

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SCRD likely to pass STR bylaw Adopting a short-term rental (STR) accommodation regulation bylaw for the Coast’s rural areas was recommended by an SCRD committee on Sept. 10.

The new regulations were subject to two public hearings earlier this year. Staff’s analysis of the outcome of those events was that the new bylaw was an important protection for rural residents and property owners. The SCRD board members on the committee agreed and recommended adoption. That recommendation is slated to be on the agenda of the board’s Oct. 8 meeting.

“I don’t think this bylaw is perfect, but we have spent enough time on it. We have a great number of issues to deal with, and it is time to put this to bed. It is time for us to shut down the party houses that have been the source of many complaints”, said SCRD Board Area E Director Donna McMahon.

The new bylaw requires onsite management of STR locations. It also limits the number of rental rooms at an STR operation to two and the total number of guests to four.

Acknowledging that few committee recommendations “make everyone happy,” committee member and Board Chairperson Lori Pratt stated, “we need to be more strict with enforcement. We

need to be clear with owners that are doing rentals using an offsite operator that this has never been part of our bylaws.”

Concerns about accommodating family groups larger than four were raised in the debate. Area D Director Andreas Tize asked if the bylaw could be amended to allow more guests at an STR if they were family members or shared a single address.

Staff advised the committee that the bylaw is intended to regulate “property, not people.” They indicated that attempting to define a family unit in the regulations could open opportunities for legal challenges to the bylaw. They also noted that it could create difficulties for enforcement staff.

Director from the Town of Gibsons, David Croal, cautioned others that asking for

changes to the draft bylaw after the public hearing can result in the need to repeat the hearing process before giving the bylaw further readings. He indicated that Gibsons could be facing this situation related to its proposed matching bylaw on STRs. Sechelt Area Director Alton Toth noted that his jurisdiction is considering updated STR regulations within its new zoning bylaw.

Public review of that bylaw is anticipated to begin shortly, and adoption is planned for in 2021. Toth remarked that providing STR accommodation for larger groups might be an opportunity that could benefit Sechelt-based operators if that municipality’s new regulations allow for more than four guests.

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Food banks and other local food organizations across Canada are facing an increased demand for their services and added pressure from shortages in donations and volunteers.

“COVID-19 has significantly increased food insecurity of the most vulnerable members of our community and has placed increased demands on the operation of organizations working to address this critical issue right across the country,” said Weiler.

“Today I am proud to announce nearly $300,000 in emergency funding for 16 recipients located on the Sunshine Coast and in the

Sea to Sky region.”

Recipients on the Sunshine Coast are the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society ($40,000), Sunshine Coast Food Bank ($21,600), Salvation Army Sunshine Coast ($16,000), and Pender Harbour Community School Society ($5,000).

This funding is part of the $100 million Emergency Fund for food security announced by Prime Minister Trudeau in April to position food banks and local food organizations early in the pandemic to respond to increased community needs.

More than 1,800 food banks and local food organizations across Canada have been helped by this Emergency Fund, which is estimated to serve over two million Canadians with six million meals.

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September is always a time when, after a summer of fun, we transition back to our normal routine. This year is no different, except we are going back to our new normal.

Many of our kids are back in school classrooms this month. Please slow down and watch for them as they walk or ride their bikes to school. Going back to school is probably stressful for them, and they may not be paying attention.

When our summer va-

cations and activities come to an end, we buckle down at work again. This is true in so many ways this year.

As the COVID numbers are climbing again, we are being asked to decrease the size of our bubbles and restrict our interactions with others. We have enjoyed warm weather and being able to see our friends this summer (if even just from two metres away), but now we need to scale back and get ready for a long and lonely fall and winter as we move many of our activities indoors. Remember to be kind to one another and check up on neighbours.

This will be difficult for many of us.

At the District, we are switching to fall mode too.

We have a few projects we are starting to work on. We have some planned improvements on Wharf Avenue to change the parking to parallel parking and install a proper sidewalk. This project will improve the safety of pedestrians and drivers. We hope to go to tender this fall and do the work early next year.

We will also be reviewing our zoning bylaw and will be reaching out to you for your ideas before making any decisions. The zoning bylaw is the bylaw that regulates things like housing density, farm use in the agricultural land reserve, backyard chickens (we

As the regional heritage museum of the lower Sunshine Coast, we are accountable to each and every one of you, from Port Mellon to Egmont. We are here for you because that is our job: to tell your story and reflect your life in our collections and exhibits.

There is another important aspect of your role in the work we do. We receive a large percentage of our operational funding from the Sunshine Coast Regional District to preserve and present the histories of the Coast. These funds are collected under the museum function, a portion of which comes from your property taxes. This means

that quite literally, you have a tangible stake in the museum – so we want to hear from you!

Contact us anytime with historical questions, personal input, and recommendations on how we can do a better job as your museum and archives. Is there a specific exhibit you would like to see at the museum? Are there certain histories you think could be better represented in our programming? Give us a call.

We want your input.

History-making is a dynamic process that demands the inclusion of multiple voices to capture a more accurate picture of the past. It is also an evolving process that often reveals our own biases, and we remain dedicated to developing a critical curatorial practice to analyze and contextualize the histories

we present.

Museum luminary and Smithsonian Institute’s Lonnie Bunch III states that it is a museum’s job to make people “feel comfortable with [the] nuance and complexity” of challenging histories.

This work can be tough, as exploring negative aspects of history brings to light our propensity to solely focus on positive, celebratory histories. You can help in this process by telling us about your life and experiences on the Sunshine Coast: the good, the bad, and the nuanced. In the end, we want you to feel as if this is your museum, and that your stories are well represented here, whatever they may be.

Thanks to all residents of the Sunshine Coast and SCRD staff and directors for their ongoing support.

No ice at Sunshine Coast Arena this fall With the approval of a contract for work at the Sunshine Coast Arena (SCA), the SCRD board reconfirmed that ice would not be installed until at least the end of this year. At a committee meeting on Sept. 10, board members heard from a delegation of user groups requesting that the arena’s ice surface be opened this fall.

The board ruling disappointed the group and, in turn, youth and families who see the value in recreation for the physical and mental wellbeing of Coast residents. “The SCRD has had six months to make this upgrade, while the facility was closed due to COVID. It’s important to note that the recreation department did not lay off any staff during that time,” said Kate Turner, registrar for the Sunshine Coast Figure Skating Club (SCFSC) and Minor Hockey Association (SCMHA). Representatives of the two groups spoke as the delegation.

At the meeting, they pointed out that ice-based rental revenues are about 20 times higher than those for dry floor programing. SCMHA

Vice President Aaron Hamilton suggested the board should consider how those higher revenue levels could help the SCRD recover from the financial impacts of the mid-March programing shutdown, implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The board recently announced the arena would reopen for dry floor use only on Sept. 28.

The presentation did not sway board members. Within minutes of its completion, they recommended awarding a contract worth $122,000 for work at the arena, which the board then endorsed.

That project will keep the ice plant shut down for about 12 weeks. The contract is a continuation of work started in 2019 to replace the chiller, its frame, and a compressor that dates back to the facility’s original construction in 1974. The budget for the full project was $741,000.

Board Area D Director Andreas Tize remarked that financial outcomes were only one of many factors that the board considered in making decisions about arena operations.

The delegation presented a review of ice and dry floor rental revenues from 2015 to 2017. Turner told the Local the financial impact of keeping the SCA without ice will be seen for years by the SCRD and local youth sports organizations. She explained that the decision will leave the groups she works with, short 40 hours of ice time for the coming season. It will also leave multiple adult users with no ice time.

Turner noted that the group was unable to access details on the costs of arena operations for the matching period, despite making an official request for that information.

Area E Director Donna McMahon sympathized with the delegation regarding the lack of clear information on arena operating costs. She said she hopes the board and the public would be able to see costs for recreation facilities broken down by location during the 2021 budget debate, which is due to begin in the next month.

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And finally, fall means the annual Union of BC Munici-

palities conference and meetings with Provincial MLAs. Council and elected officials from other Sunshine Coast municipalities are looking forward to addressing the concerns of our constituents with Provincial ministers this week. We have over 18 meetings with eight Provincial ministries scheduled.

We are rolling up our sleeves to get a few things done this fall, and we look forward to finding ways to continue to connect with you.

It won’t always be easy, and it won’t be the way it used to be, but we can figure all this out together. As always, please remember to be patient, be kind and stay safe.

Tip of the Week: As summer of epic 2020 officially ends, and Autumn Equinox comes squarely in sight, a New Moon in Virgo plays its hand. A member of the Earth Element Trinity, which is the predominant element symbolic of science, Virgo represents the emphasis on analysis and precision in terms of facts.

This is especially emphasized where science and technology find their common ground in engineering.

In its purest sense, Virgo is symbolic of critical analysis or thinking. When expressed masterfully and with humility, another hallmark of Virgo, such critical thinking diligently works to be free of belief bias and socially conditioning.

Critical thinking includes questioning the source, bias, or precept and assessing the effectiveness of the application. Beyond this, science, by its very definition, is all about theory and experimentation, and is never conclusive or ever settled. Assuming that ‘the science is settled’ is not actually science, it is commerce and politics. Think critically, search the phrase ‘settled science’, and you will soon learn that it is an oxymoron.

Aries (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19) Mars retrograde will prove especially strong for you as it is your ruling planet. Making use of what power it offers, attending to unfinished projects will match it well. As you finish what you started, your confidence levels will rise, and with them your self-esteem.

In this regard, you will be ahead of the game even though you are focusing on what has emerged as behind you…

Taurus (Apr. 20 – May 20) Are you harboring hurts, frustrations, and anger? If so, you can trace them to their burial ground in your subconscious mind. You will know that you are as you experience feeling unsettled, uneasy, depressed, or generally grumpy or inexplicably distracted. If so, you have two basic choices, get clear on what they are, and resolve them or find out how you can simply let them go. Forgiveness of self

and others is one time-proven method.

Gemini (May 21 – June 21) Mars retrograde for you will synchronize with a process of separating fact from fantasy, dreams from reality, subjective perspectives from more objective ones, and so on. It may be that both sides have their place, but the real question is how are you feeling these days?

You may feel like you are right in the muck with matters and can’t get out. It will help to calm down and step back for a while to reflect.

Cancer (June 22 – July 22) The focus now is on feeling secure. This may well include where you live and how and is linked to your career and/or the overall state and quality of your social status. You may feel that people are circumstances are holding you back. However, it may be that it is your own attitudes, perspectives, and expectations that are in the way. Change your mind and the rest will follow.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 23) Freedom is a big word on your mind currently. At worst, you feel very impatient and feel justified in resorting to fanatical attitudes and measures. Unfortunately, these will likely result in the opposite of freedom.

Among your better strategies now is it to take some time out and to remove yourself from the drama.

Rest assured, it will still be there when you return.

Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 22) Getting clear on what you want, desire, and need is a central theme now. It includes a process of deciphering the same regarding significant others in your life so that you are clear regarding what is yours and what is theirs. Positively, this process will support you to be really clear regarding your personal story and perhaps also what constitutes shared goals and objectives.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Relationships can prove complicated and disorienting at the best of times. With Mars retrograde, this may seem doubly so. As usual, the resolution lies in achieving win/win attitudes and behavior patterns. In order to achieve these, you need to get really clear on what you want and need and then to enter into discussion to decipher the same for the significant others involved, then creatively strike middle ground deals.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Mars is your co-ruling planet along with Pluto. So, with it retrograde in Aries, you will feel the need to work to get extra clear regarding what efforts are being directed at your own needs and goals and what is required of you regarding your responsibilities with others. It is important that you acknowledge the importance of patient perseverance and break free of the illusion of being perfect.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) Mars retrograde is here to teach you to accept that you can only do what you are doing. In other words, doing one thing and wishing you were doing another is a sure path to frustration. You can try to multi-task or you can make list with a timeline to attend to each task at their appointed time and so on. Focus on what is at hand and what seems obvious in the flow.

Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) There may be something of a battle raging within.

Does it help to realize that you are hardly alone? Still, you have to fight your own battle. Yet, ironically, doing so may be facilitated by gaining perspective from others. However, be aware that this does not mean shifting the responsibility of the work you need to do onto them. Be open to advice and alternative approaches, then take action.

Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 19) Communications is a fine art and one that you are meant to learn now. Keys to clear communication include empathy, non-assumption, and translation.

The first includes tuning-in to who others are and what their responsibilities are.

Then, check-in so you are clear and certain that your empathetic efforts are on the mark. Then, make sure that your interpretation is accurate.

Pisces (Feb. 20 – Mar. 20) Having desires is one thing and taking action to fulfill them is another. The goal now is to get clear on the former and get going on the latter. Recognize that successful and accomplished people tend to be disciplined and diligent.

In other words, they work hard. So, if you find yourself feeling jealous or resentful, shift that energy to showing up and following through. michael@sunstarastrology.com

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Due to the seriousness of the allegation, the male will be held until trial.

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