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One-third of elementary age children are turning up hungry at school each day on the Sunshine Coast. Translated into hard numbers that means approximately 554 kids are arriving to learn on an empty stomach. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Donations have dropped considerably since Christmas and the Sunshine Coast Food Bank needs more help to feed the hundreds who come monthly for support.

At the April 10 school board meeting, chair Silas White reported he and other chairs from across the province went to a Ministry of Education meeting to talk about Bill 22 on April 2 and 3. There he learned School District No.

A man who collapsed during this year's BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run has credited two Coast residents for saving his life.

The Easter long weekend saw as many as 15 overloaded ferries travelling between the Horseshoe Bay and Langdale terminals, B.C. Ferries has said.

Gospel Rock discussions heated up to the boiling point at the April 10 Gibsons committee of the whole meeting as councillors reacted to a letter that called into question the validity of a guiding report on the area's ecological sensitivity.

One Coaster's difficult choice between feeding his family and pursuing financial independence has led to him call on the B.C. government to make the transition away from disability assistance an easier one.

The District of Sechelt is working on a long-term solution while lobbying for a short-term fix to the Trail Bay seawall, which currently sits crumbling, marked with pylons and warning signs.

The District of Sechelt will spend up to $100,000 from the 2012 budget on studies and new concept designs for the Davis Bay Wharf. Council earmarked the sum during their April 4 council meeting after hearing from the community that change is needed.

Sechelt council has allocated up to $50,000 to develop an airport business plan in the hope they can regain $1 million in Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) airport expansion funding that was lost late last year.