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Editor's note: Between now and Nov. 11, Coast Reporter will run submitted 300-word profiles from all candidates for the Nov. 19 municipal election. Candidates for this week's profiles were given until 5 p.m. Oct. 25 to respond.

The teachers' job action is likely to continue into November when report cards are sent home, leaving parents without their usual gauge of academic performance.

The leader of the Lost Canadians, Don Chapman of Gibsons, said he once again intends to take the government of Canada to court over citizenship discrimination.

DriveABLE testing is now available on the Coast for those seniors who need it, saving a trip to the city for a simple computer test to measure driver fitness.

Last week, when member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country John Weston attended meetings in Bowen Island, Powell River, and the Sunshine Coast, he was travelling a little more slowly than what you might expect of someon

Father David Farfan was celebrated for his 10th year of ordination Oct. 14 at the Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) Hall. Farfan has been the priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on SIB lands for the past year.

Select students from Chatelech and Pender Harbour secondary schools had their eyes opened and their hearts stirred at the We Day event in Vancouver Oct. 13.

The West Howe Sound official community plan (OCP) inched closer to third reading on Oct. 13 when Sunshine Coast Regional District directors dealt with two amendments that arose after the public hearing on the plan.

The Renewable Power Corporation may get support for their Tyson Creek and Narrows Inlet power projects from the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD), despite a turbidity event that shut down the Tyson Creek plant for four months last year.

Gibsons council made some further amendments to the harbour area draft plan including a request for the addition of a crime prevention policy at its Oct. 18 meeting. Municipal planner Michael Epp said more input from the Oct.