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The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will apply for a federal accessibility grant worth $50,000 to upgrade the Gibsons and District Aquatic Centre, the community services committee decided Sept. 13.

The alleged assault case against Sunshine Coast RCMP Cpl. Murray McNeil has been adjourned to Oct. 2 for an arraignment hearing and to hopefully set a date for trial. The case was heard in Sechelt provincial court on Sept.

A day before the deadline came, Sechelt Golf & Country Club Ltd. (SG&CC) asked for two more weeks to gather enough money to get the Sechelt golf course back from the District of Sechelt.

An international expert on age-friendly communities will help get the ball rolling in Gibsons to develop a community action plan for the town. Dr.

Twelve seniors who reside at the Gibsons Garden Inn will be able to stay on at the same rates if the building reverts to its original use as a hotel, council's committee-of-the-whole heard Sept. 11.

More local government elected officials are opposing a proposed change to the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country federal riding. The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board voted at its Sept.

Despite cries from a citizens' group to stop the sinking, it looks like the HMCS Annapolis will soon find a home on the ocean floor in Halkett Bay.

School District No. 46 (SD46) is armed with a new achievement contract to improve performance in six areas: early learning, literacy, numeracy, Aboriginal enhancement, social responsibility and completion rates.

One of Gibsons' stalwart citizens has become the Sunshine Coast's first recipient of the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors are concerned that an upcoming public consultation on coastal ferries is designed primarily to cut services so that the province can save $30 million. The contract was awarded last month to Kirk & Co.