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Radio-frequency water meters will be installed in the Pender Harbour area and eventually across the entire regional water system, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) infrastructure services committee decided Sept. 6.

George made a second landing in Gibsons last Saturday, this time at the top of School Road - and the crowd went wild. More than 350 people jammed the Gibsons Elementary School gym Sept.

An illegal backyard burn got out of control and nearly took out a neighbour's house in the 5700 block of Highway 101 near Nestman Road in Selma Park at about 5 p.m. on Sept. 6.

Sechelt council tried a new approach to address concerns about Conibear, leg hold and snare traps within the District's boundaries during its Sept. 12 committee of the whole meeting. There everyone but Coun.

Sunshine Coast teachers will be able to coach sports teams and run after-school programs again, thanks to a vote to withdraw last year's motion to "cease all extra-curricular and voluntary activities" on Sept. 6.

A third lawsuit against the District of Sechelt over bylaws allowing Target Marine Hatcheries to process sturgeon for caviar on site was heard in Victoria Supreme Court on Sept. 4. The lawsuit was filed on Aug.

Despite a last-ditch effort to move the date into next year, the public hearing for the proposed Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan will go ahead next month.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Sept. 4 to 11: Overnight on Sept. 4, a thief stole a 2007 white Honda motorcycle, model CBR1 from a residence in the 1200 block Paggio Road in Roberts Creek.

Members of station 12 (Halfmoon Bay) of the Royal Canadian Marine - Search and Rescue were pressed into service on Sept. 3. The unit received a mayday call just after 10 a.m. from the Welcome Pass area. By 10:30 a.m.

The continued dry weather prompted the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to enact stage two - or "evenings only" - watering restrictions on Monday afternoon.