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Just saying "no" might be the healthier thing to do, but drug and alcohol prevention program co-ordinator Sheena Campbell understands how hard it is to actually achieve. Campbell reported to the School District No.

Vandals held a couple of destructive parties in the Hackett Park bathrooms in Sechelt recently, causing damage and rendering the facilities unusable.

The province of B.C. will not switch to the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system after Tuesday's provincial election referendum garnered less than 39 per cent of the popular vote.

Amid rainy and bleak weather, a crowd formed at the cenotaph in Sechelt Wednesday night to witness the consecration ceremony of flags and pay respect to the fallen.

High school students across the province made their mark in this year's provincial election. Results were posted Wednesday for the public to see how British Columbian youth voted in a mock provincial election that was held on Monday.

Voters in Powell River-Sunshine Coast stayed the course Tuesday night sending Nicholas Simons back to Victoria for four more years.

The Women's International League of Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on the Sunshine Coast is hosting the second annual Reclaiming Mothers' Day for Peace celebration on Sunday, May 10 at Gibsons United Church.

Sechelt firefighters are used to dealing with throngs of on-lookers at fire scenes, but not on April 30. "The streets were empty," said fire Chief Bill Higgs.

The provincial referendum on switching to the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system is too close to predict according to an Angus Reid Strategies poll released last Saturday.

Teens up and down the Coast are learning first hand how the provincial election process works.