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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has said it intends to move two fisheries officers now stationed in Madeira Park to a consolidated office, although DFO wouldn't say where that office is or when the change would occur.

School District No. 46 (SD46) is changing the way it distributes Community LINK funding in the 2012/13 school year, leaving community school co-ordinators unsure of the future of some programs.

A proposed gravel mine on McNab Creek was met with boisterous opposition from approximately 150 residents who crammed into a yoga studio at Eagleridge Community Centre in Horseshoe Bay to hear details about the project May 23.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 22 to 25: On May 22, a shoplifter was caught on surveillance video stealing several items of clothing and a pair of sandals from a business in the 5700 block of Cowrie Street in Sechelt.

A total of $9,981 was raised for Dry Grad activities on the Coast through sales at BC Liquor Stores during their 2012 fundraising campaign. The money will help fund two Dry Grad activities at Elphinstone Secondary School.

Volunteer marine rescuers on the West Coast have a new name and a new look as they continue their 150-year tradition of saving lives on the water.

An 89-year-old Sechelt man was killed when his mobility scooter collided with a pick-up truck in Sechelt last Friday night. On May 25, Sunshine Coast RCMP responded to the accident at the intersection of Cowrie Street and Ocean Avenue.

The BC Cancer Agency has issued a letter to physicians and their patients who might be affected by faulty rectal paddle devices used during radiation therapy treatment of some patients with cancer of the cervix between November 2007 and April 2012.

On Saturday, local member of Parliament John Weston will launch the inaugural celebration of National Health and Fitness Day, from Whistler. He will also announce a Private Member's Bill, to be introduced soon afterwards in the House of Commons.

Editor's note: Gibsons and District Chamber of Com-merceand Coast Reporter are working on a series of articles to highlight the Cham-ber's theme for 2012 of 'business supporting community.