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Work on Highway 101 in Selma Park should be completed on schedule and not result in any more long delays, according to project manager Jay Porter.

Concerns over logging in the Wilson Creek watershed and possible harvesting of old growth yellow cedar in the Gray Creek watershed dominated the question and answer period at the Sechelt Community Projects Inc. (SCPI) annual general meeting April 14.

After many months of hard work and numerous meetings, Gibsons council gave first reading to its 2011 budget bylaws on April 19. The budget includes a residential tax increase of 3.5 per cent, while business tax sees a reduction of 0.5 per cent.

The minimum wage will be increasing in three stages starting May 1, which is good news for workers, but problematic for employers. The legislated wage increase will see the general minimum wage go up from $8 an hour to $8.75. Then on Nov.

Artifacts and remains of at least seven Sechelt Nation ancestors were uncovered during excavation of a site on Sechelt's waterfront April 26.

Editor's note: Coast Reporter along with its sister papers Powell River Peak, Squamish Chief and Whistler Question have been asking the candidates a series of questions during the campaign.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have a warning for residents in Langdale - lock up your vehicles. On April 24 over the course of the night, thieves targeted several unlocked vehicles in a Langdale residential neighbourhood. According to Cpl.

Attorney General Barry Penner introduced the harmonized sales tax (HST) initiative vote and referendum act on Wednesday (April 27) recognizing that a mail-in vote will be conducted prior to the vote currently required under the Recall and Initiative

In the face of a continuing shadow campaign of alleged libel and misinformation, Liberal candidate Dan Veniez filed a notice of civil claim for defamation in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Conservative candidate John Weston on Tuesday

Whistlerites brought a range of issues such as visa restrictions for Mexican and Venezuelan tourists, military and health care spending, and labour mobility between provinces to four of the federal candidates running in the Sea to Sky riding at a pub