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'The majority of commercial food farms in the SCRD are in Elphinstone. We presently have about 10 acres being intensively farmed and irrigated for vegetable and fruits. A good estimate of our annual water use is around 6,000 cubic metres of water, (600 cubic metres per acre).'

'I have been an SCRD taxpayer since 1974 and we’ve had a drinking water shortage since then.'

Original creations by Sunshine Coast resident Carolina Franzen (also known by her professional sobriquet aC Hömmken) reveal new dimensions within the German-born artist’s nuanced worldview.

The listing posted on the BC Bid website on May 13, states bids for rights to cut timber on the estimated 13 hectare site, on the slopes of Mt. Elphinstone, in the Roberts Creek area are to close June 4.

Six teenaged filmmakers from Elphinstone Secondary School were the sole Sunshine Coast team to compete in the Run N Gun 48-hour Film Competition that began on May 10.

A multidisciplinary concert and distribution of over 60 scholarships and awards before a capacity audience on May 11 brought the golden anniversary of the Sunshine Coast’s longest-running festival to a resounding conclusion.

The development proposes building one commercial building fronting Gibsons Way, and behind it three residential buildings between five and six storeys tall containing a combined 172 housing units and a daycare space.

In the past, May saw the start of annual community events on the Sunshine Coast. The first Sechelt May Day celebration, held in 1918 at the school, was organized by Gladys Tidy, the Sechelt School teacher.

Thirty residential strata units, three live-work units and a retail unit with primarily underground parking are proposed at 629 Mahan Road

Gibsons council approved a form and character development permit for a six-housing-unit, one commercial space development at 456-458 Marine Drive (next to the Bayview Szechuan Chinese Restaurant).