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A public information meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 20, to discuss the controversial Rogers Communications tower replacement proposed for the Gibsons fire hall at 790 North Road.

Sechelt council gave three readings to a new trapping bylaw that will go to the provincial government for approval before final adoption. Coun. Doug Hockley opposed the move. "I don't think this bylaw goes far enough.

A cougar attack that killed two lambs in Roberts Creek should cause animal owners to take precautions, conservation officer Dean Miller said this week. The attack happened at night on Oct. 30 at a hobby farm in the Lockyer Road area.

Traffic conflicts outside Gibsons Elementary School are "a recipe for disaster," the coordinator for Sunshine Coast Speed Watch said Monday, Nov. 4.

There were many smiles and a few tears on the face of 88-year-old veteran Larry Boyd as he watched student volunteers from Elphinstone Secondary School tend to the forgotten graves of veterans buried in Seaview Cemetery.

The Halfmoon Bay Childcare Centre Society must close its after-school care program at the end of this month or risk closing the daycare as well. "It's purely financial.

Halfmoon Bay mother of two Krystin Clark wants everyone to know the signs and symptoms of diabetes because she didn't know them and it almost cost her nine-year-old daughter Rowan her life.

The Sunshine Coast RCMP detachment was recently honoured for its crime reduction record, while one of its members was recognized for disarming an emotionally disturbed person. On Oct. 30, the RCMP's Lower Mainland district commander, Asst.

The redesigned George Hotel plan was unveiled in Gibsons last Saturday, drawing more than 200 people to the proponent's open house at Cedars Inn.

The cause of the Telus cell phone issues on Monday have now been identified, according to Liz Sauvé, communications spokesperson with the company.