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On average, every hour of every day at least one child in B.C. is poisoned. That's why "Children Act FastSo Do Poisons" is the theme of this year's Poison Prevention Week, March 18 to 24.

Coast Cable has just completed a multi-million dollar network upgrade that will add telephone service to their list of products available to Coast customers.

There's an end in sight to the decade of suffering endured by Rose Schwarz. The Sechelt woman has a stomach removal surgery scheduled for April 24, and just one more fundraiser to make the trip possible.

A group critical of the BC Hydro smart metering program has been denied its request to have a moratorium placed on further installations of the devices, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) announced March 5.

The District of Sechelt wants to improve the Trail Bay foreshore, but they need the public's input on how best to do it at an upcoming workshop planned for March 29.

A two-week extension has been given to Ross Muirhead and Hans Penner of Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) to address a structure recently targeted by a trespass notice, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations confirmed.

School District No. 46 (SD46) is backing teachers and raising serious concerns about Bill 22 this week.

More than 200 Coast seniors packed into the Sechelt Seniors' Activity Centre last Friday to talk about their concerns with how the province tests driver fitness of those 80 and over.

The decision to allow Target Marine Hatcheries to harvest sturgeon for caviar onsite has been struck down in Supreme Court with the District of Sechelt admitting to an error in the process used to adopt the required bylaws.

Regional search and rescue (SAR) teams have continued combing the Mount Elphinstone area for 56-year-old Gibsons man Greg Welstead, who has been missing since Monday (March 12).