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Gibsons council received a briefing report on the George Hotel application at its July 23 committee of the whole meeting.

Plans are afoot to extend the Ignite program for three years and develop it into a self-sustaining incubator for social entrepreneurs on the Sunshine Coast.

The District of Sechelt is focused on attracting new business to the municipality in 2013, so council is setting up Sechelt Innovations Ltd. (SIL) to try to make that happen.

Two Sunshine Coast environmental groups want B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) to scrap plans to auction 68 hectares of old-growth forest in Dakota Bowl on Mount Elphinstone.

A sinkhole that appeared on Highway 101 at Ocean Avenue in Sechelt on July 20 has been filled and patched, and the cause is being investigated.

Need a car to make a quick trip up the Coast for an appointment or meeting and don't have access to one? A new car sharing program set to launch on the Coast could be the solution to your problem.

A 4,000-year-old fishing village was unearthed this month up Sechelt Inlet, where archeologists and university students have been working with nine Sechelt Nation youth to sift through their people's past.

A tentative deal is in place between the Town of Gibsons and its workers represented by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU). The four-year deal includes wage increases of one per cent (2013), 1.5 per cent (2014) and 1.

Sunshine Coast Tourism, the regional body, that includes Tourism Powell River, has been awarded a trophy recognizing its ability to work with others.

The New Democrats are moving forward with its provincial election review as the party searches for answers after their stunning defeat in May.