Category: SCRD Updates

[Long rant] For the last couple of months we’ve been watching dramatic and disturbing footage of wildfires in Hawaii, Greece, and across Canada. With BC in a provincial state of emergency, it’s no surprise that …

On July 6, the board received an updated water supply and demand analysis for Chapman, as well as several other water-related reports. (It was a heavy day!) Water Supply & Demand Slides (PDF) July 6 …

As of June 2023, and for the first time in almost a decade, the Elphinstone parcel known as District Lot 1313 is NOT slated for logging in BC Timber Sales’ five year operating plan. Read …

Here is a helpful graph produced by SCRD staff showing the timeline of bringing in water restrictions over the last decade. Blue is Stage 1, yellow is Stage 2, orange is Stage 3 and red …

Published Feb, 2019 – Updated May 2023 One of the gems of Elphinstone is our shoreline, which stretches from Secret Beach to the end of Ocean Beach Esplanade. This area is covered by a unique …

The SCRD is responsible for three cemeteries: Kleindale in Pender Harbour (closed), Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery (not selling new plots), and Seaview at the top of Lower Road in Roberts Creek. For years we had a …

Every year, when property tax increases loom, we hear from a lot of seniors who are on fixed incomes and are worried or angry about rising property taxes. I appreciate that it’s alarming to be …

Everybody wants a simple and easy solution to the Sunshine Coast’s water supply problem, so whenever folks talk about water, a few “obvious” fixes keep coming up. Three of the popular solutions are a well …

December 2022 Update: This post was originally written in February 2021. In May 2022, Coopers Green came back to an SCRD agenda with a budget $1 million higher than the one approved in 2021, plus …