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British Columbians can stand together this week, April 14-20 to condemn all acts of violence against women as the B.C. government proclaims Prevention of Violence against Women Week.

TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) and Tree Canada granted nearly $300,000 to this year's 2013 TD Green Streets recipients.

Sechelt now has a business development committee at a cost of $350,000 for 2013.

Secretary treasurer Nicholas Weswick reported at the April 9 school board meeting that schools will see more money in the 2013/2014 budget, which is currently being worked on.

Sechelt council lowered this year's residential tax increase to 1.5 per cent from the two per cent previously endorsed and earmarked $100,000 to the Davis Bay Wharf restoration project on April 10.

One thief's ugly act of stealing money from Sechelt's Ecko Aleck while she tended to her premature baby at Lions Gate Hospital has turned into a beautiful thing, thanks to a caring off-Coast community.

BC Ferries has delayed service cuts for another year, officials from the corporation told the southern Sunshine Coast ferry advisory committee (FAC) Tuesday.

High school principal and vice-principal positions for the 2013-14 school year have been finalized, and a few changes are on the way.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has once again delayed the rezoning application for the proposed Burnco gravel mine at McNab Creek, but a company official downplayed the impact on the timing of the project.

An emergency shellfish closure ordered for the Halfmoon Bay area is expected to be in effect until later this month.