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Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for community input about changing the name of St. Mary's Hospital. There will be an open house on Monday, March 31, in the new lobby of the hospital between 4 and 8 p.m.

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The Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) unveiled the most comprehensive assessment to date of the Chapman and Gray Creek community watersheds at a public meeting in Sechelt on March 10.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 3 to 10: On March 3, vandals damaged an address sign in the 12800 block of Highway 101 in Madeira Park. It appears the vandals used a vehicle to pull the sign out of its cement base.

Anyone with a child attending child care or preschool knows how valuable care providers can be in helping young children learn and grow. Nominations for the 2014 Child Care Awards of Excellence are now open.

Have you seen great volunteer work done this year in your community? Don't miss your chance to recognize an individual, group, business or not-for-profit organization - nominate them for a Prime Minister's Volunteer Award.

The amalgamation of FortisBC and Terasen Gas will mean lower prices for Coast customers in the long run, the companies announced last week. On Feb. 27, the BC Utilities Commission decided that amalgamating Terasen Gas Holdings Inc.

The District of Sechelt has been given the power to accept an alternative source of funding for the community's wastewater treatment facility but by only a slim margin.

Sechelt council approved a development permit for Palmeros at their March 5 regular council meeting. The retail store on the corner of Wharf Avenue and Orchard Street will be expanded with a new partial (43.9 sq.

VOICE on the Coast has expanded its board and is looking to get even more involved in helping to support positive growth and change on the Sunshine Coast.