Seawatch

• Suspicious fires in abandoned Sechelt neighbourhood put residents on edge

  The fires were reported in the Seawatch neighbourhood around 10 a.m. Saturday, but firefighters were forced to watch as the homes burned for hours, as the area is off-limits.

  Fire

  Sep 8
  
• Residents of doomed Sunshine Coast subdivision facing looters, vandals

  Residents of 14 properties in the Seawatch subdivision were forced to evacuate their homes in February 2019, when erosion and sinkholes rendered the subdivision unsafe.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2023
  
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• District of Sechelt sues residents forced from subdivision by sinkholes

  "It's an attempt to coerce us into dropping some of the lawsuits we have against the district of Sechelt right now, they're just trying to bully us, basically," said Ed Pednaud.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2022
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• State of emergency finally lifted for Sechelt, B.C.’s embattled Seawatch subdivision

  The state of emergency for Seawatch was renewed more than 150 times, including several times after a court judge ruled that continued state of emergency renewals were unlawful.

  Politics

  Feb 15, 2022
• Province ordered to compensate some Sechelt, B.C. homeowners displaced by sinkholes

  In 2019, the District of Sechelt issued a local state of emergency and ordered residents of a dozen homes to evacuate the Seawatch subdivision due to erosion and sinkholes.

  News

  Jan 13, 2022
• Vandals return to evacuated Sechelt homes built on sinkholes, leaving owners heartbroken

  At least two homes have had rocks thrown through the windows and graffiti sprayed on the walls, which was discovered Friday.

  Jan 18, 2020
• Properties in this Sechelt, B.C. neighbourhood were once worth over $1M. They now cost $2

  While property assessments across B.C. are trending downward, owners of homes in the condemned Seawatch development are heartbroken.

  Jan 2, 2020
• Evacuated homeowners, RCMP concerned over break-ins at condemned Sechelt subdivision

  At least five homes in the Concordia Seawatch neighbourhood have been broken into by squatters since the homeowners were evacuated in February.

  Sep 4, 2019
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• Local state of emergency, evacuation order issued for Seawatch subdivision in Sechelt

  All residents must leave their homes and access to the subdivision is denied.

  News

  Feb 15, 2019
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• District wants minors out of sinkhole-plagued Sechelt subdivision

  It's a a directive one family in the area says they don't plan to observe.

  Feb 10, 2019