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A group of Vancouver Island kite boarders plan to cross the Strait of Georgia next month all in the hopes of making a difference for sick children in B.C. Kitting for Kids is raising money for Children's Miracle Network and BC Children's Hospital.

Keats Islanders will get a chance this spring to weigh in on the bollard question.

School District No. 46 (SD46) will open a primary nature school in September as a pilot project at Davis Bay Elementary School.

A recent PowerPoint presentation about School District No. 46's (SD46) budget process to date showed three spending areas stakeholders suggest cutting to deal with cost pressures in the 2013/2014 school year.

From finding affordable childcare to finding peanut butter substitutes, the issues of child poverty on the Sunshine Coast turn up in the schools, at the food bank and in the community.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will spend more than a quarter of a million dollars on the Sunshine Coast Arena in Sechelt, the board decided March 14.

Sechelt's chief of innovation and growth (CIG) Randy Stoyko has tendered his resignation after just six months on the job. He was hired for the top District spot on Sept. 10, 2012 and his last day of work will be April 25, 2013. "He chose to resign.

On March 19, residents had their first opportunity to query proponents of a new $22.4 million wastewater treatment project slated for Ebbtide Street, which was announced by the District of Sechelt on Feb. 5.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is reviewing its policy on using pesticides and herbicides in light of new threats posed by invasive plants.

There is no correlation between a fund used for multicultural outreach services and the B.C. Liberal's ethnic outreach plan, according to Powell River - Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons.