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Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff are sharpening their pencils and tightening their belts as round one of this year's budget talks are completed.

The distinguished Can-adian poet, Gary Geddes, will return to Sechelt for a reading on Feb. 7.

The budget tabled by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in Ottawa deserves Canadians' support because it places them at the top of the agenda as the country struggles to pull out of the current economic tailspin, our elected member of Parliament said this

The year was 1909, the year before Anne of Green Gables was published. The Liberals were in power with Wilfred Laurier at the helm as prime minister. And in October of that year, at opposite ends of the country, mills were opened.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Wednesday night's open house meeting on Plutonic Power Corporation's proposal to construct a series of run-of-river power generators around the Bute Inlet drew critical questions and comments from attendees.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Pan Pacific Aggregates' (PPA) proposal to start a new mining and processing operation outside Sechelt was met with rigid criticism and skeptical questioning at last Thursday's Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) plannin

A province-wide vote in December concluded with an overwhelming majority of teachers opposed to preparing for, administering and marking Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) tests.

Sunshine Coast Avalon Recovery Society will hold a dinner and silent auction fundraiser on Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Gumboot Café with doors at 6 p.m, a buffet dinner and entertainment by Angie McCauley.

The Sechelt Aquatic Centre is little more than a year old, but the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is already facing repair hurdles. The swimming pool, which opened on Nov.

The proposed expansion and renovation of St. Mary's Hospital will now incorporate state-of-the-art infection control standards, but it will come at a cost -delaying the design phase of the project by six months.