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Well over 100 outdoor enthusiasts interested in tourism and intrigued about a rumoured new endeavour came together to network and learn more on Feb. 20 at Let's Gather! A Sunshine Coast Tourism Networking Event.

A new catchment area has been approved for West Sechelt Elementary School in an effort to address overcrowding issues that are expected to get worse in the future. Last year School District No.

A three-day blast of winter created treacherous conditions on Coast roadways, knocked out power to thousands and forced early closures of schools this week.

Children across the Coast donned pink to make people think about the negative effects of bullying on Feb. 26.

Next week teachers across B.C. will decide if they will strike in response to government's appeal of a court decision reinstating contract language stripped from teachers in 2002 and a lower than expected wage increase offer. B.C.

The shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation has elected former chief Calvin Craigan to lead them for the next three years. In a tight race on Feb.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has tentatively scheduled two back-to-back public hearings in March to get feedback on proposed bylaw amendments for medical marijuana production facilities.

BC Ferries will have a modified sailing schedule in effect for this Saturday, March 1 due to a one-day closure for maintenance on berth one in Langdale.

A body found in Sechelt Thursday morning is being investigated as a sudden death and is not suspicious according to Sunshine Coast RCMP. RCMP discovered the body of a 60-year-old Halfmoon Bay man in a red truck at the Trail Bay Mall parking lot Feb.

The B.C. government will introduce legislation during the current legislative session to change local elections from a three-year to a four-year cycle beginning with the 2014 elections. Subject to legislative approval, the next B.C.