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A partial judgment in the lawsuit filed by Sechelt Golf and Country Club (SGCC) Ltd. against the District of Sechelt has come in with Mayor John Henderson saying the District was lawfully entitled to terminate the leases with SGCC Ltd.

The class action lawsuit launched from Sechelt that alleges Wyeth Canada Inc. knowingly supplied hormone replacement therapies linked to breast cancer between 1977 and 2003 has just passed another hurdle on its way to the Supreme Court.

It was a day focused on understanding and relationship building at the Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) Hall June 14 as nearly 80 community members, politicians and business people came to the Band's first business networking forum.

Both the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and their employer, B.C. Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA), are calling the June 15 Labour Relations Board (LRB) ruling a victory this week, for two very different reasons.

A second senior staff person has been dismissed from the District of Sechelt recently, leaving both the chief administrative officer (CAO) and now the corporate officer's positions pinned to the job board.

Last weekend, Sechelt resident Peter Lietz found himself battling emotional and physical limits at the same time.

A new Sechelt Public Library Foundation board has been set up just in time to accept a donation bequeathed to the library by the late Donald Webster in the amount of $60,000. "It's incredible.

An overturned boat was found in Howe Sound on the morning of June 16, prompting a search operation for fear that someone could have been in the vessel.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has received $100,000 from the Bear Hydro Limited Partnership as part of a community benefit agreement.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for June 12 to 19: Early on June 12, a break and enter occurred at a business in the 5600 block of Cowrie Street in Sechelt after a suspect threw a rock through the window.