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During the Jan. 16 council meeting, staff was requested to set up a meeting with ABcann Medicinal Inc., a national supplier of medicinal marijuana.

It was a moving morning as well over 100 Coasters concerned about the economic well-being of women came together to brainstorm ideas for change. The Make Progress workshop at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall on Jan.

The first baby of 2013 has finally arrived on the Sunshine Coast, much to the delight of proud parents Tara Popp, 21, and Matt Hubbard, 24. Little Dominic Blake Hubbard-Popp was born on Jan. 9 at 4:55 p.m. at St. Mary's Hospital in Sechelt.

Sechelt Coun. Mike Shanks told council exactly what he felt they should apologize for during the Jan. 16 regular council meeting.

A Halfmoon Bay man made his first appearance in Sechelt provincial court on Wednesday (Jan. 16) facing a charge of possession of child pornography. Ian Stanley Reid has been charged under section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code.

As a two-time immigrant to Canada, activist, author and award-winning filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein was surprised to hear she has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) is raising concerns over a plan to log a portion of the McNeill Lake watershed south of Madeira Park, but B.C.

For the second consecutive year, changes in assessment mean the District of Sechelt and Town of Gibsons will pay a larger share of property taxes to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) in 2013. Total share of taxation rose by 4.

Norovirus is sweeping across the Coast, but it hasn't settled in any care homes or the hospital.

Volunteers came to the rescue, but despite their best efforts, they could not save two cabins that were destroyed in a fire on Gambier Island early last Saturday morning.