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Greg Amos/Staff Writer The impending water metering program in the Town of Gibsons is coming under fire from a little-known taxpayer advocacy group.

Author John MacLach-lan Gray has a new story to incorporate into his writing.

After a planned mid-July start-up came and went, Coastal Link Ferries (CLF) is still waiting for a berth from which to operate out of Gibsons.

A WorkSafe B.C. report on a crane crash in Sechelt in early July has brought to light a slew of safety orders for the general contractor working on the Midtown development on Inlet Avenue.

The death of 51-year-old Merrill "Spooner" Dixon in a logging crew boat crash last March won't be in vain, said his relatives and friends who attended last week's fact-finding inquest into his death.

The biggest proceeds-of-crime forfeiture in B.C. history won't go through without a fight.

A new mutual aid agreement between the Pender Harbour and Egmont/Ruby Lake volunteer fire departments was put to the test Aug. 13. Until about a month ago, Egmont had no assistance available in fire situations.

The fourth annual Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival ended last Sunday with the strains of Brahms during a finale by the Lafayette String Quartet.

The bowl of undeveloped land behind Chatelech Secondary School in Sechelt is the site for three proposed multi-use athletic fields and a stadium.

Come one, come all to this year's Creek Daze celebrations, Saturday, Aug. 23. The Higgledy Piggledy parade leaves the Roberts Creek Hall at 11:30 a.m.