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Emanuel Machado will be moving from his manager of sustainability and special projects role in Sechelt to take on the chief administrative officer (CAO) position in Gibsons starting Sept. 15. It's something we're looking forward to.

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archive's newspaper digitization project is expected to go live this weekend, giving residents and researchers access to editions of the Coast News dating back to 1945.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following this week: A Coast resident received a call from a male who told her she had won a lottery.

Vancouver Coastal Health is striving to stamp out HIV in our health region. In partnership with the Providence Health Care, the health authority launched an awareness movement last week, aimed at increasing HIV testing rates by 37 per cent.

Following the opening of the "Take It Easy" wheelchair access trail in Hidden Grove on May 13, there is now even more to celebrate at the Groves. The Sechelt Grove Society (SGS) has completed the installation of an entrance kiosk.

Bear Aware co-ordinator Kim Drescher wants to make sure people know what happens to bears that are trapped, in an effort to move people to action. "A lot of the bears that are trapped locally get destroyed," Drescher said.

The second annual Swim for the Salmon, held last weekend in Sechelt, was another tremendous success according to event organizer Quinn Barabash. More than 30 swimmers and boaters took to the water.

Chief administrator Warren Waycheshen has accepted an offer to join the staff at the District of Kitimat, Mayor Wayne Rowe announced July 31 during a special meeting of Gibsons council.

A recent photo of an illegal dumpsite discovered by a resident of the Sunshine Coast has gone viral on Facebook. Around noon on Wednesday, Becky Wayte's photo had been shared more than 600 times and had received some 8,000 comments.

The Sechelt Nation will fight to save an ancient chieftain burial site found at the mouth of Salmon Inlet, described as one of the most important archeological discoveries in the province.