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The District of Sechelt (DOS) officially signed their community forest licence on Wednesday at a luncheon at the Driftwood Inn.

The Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is opening a stretch of Georgia Strait to lingcod fishing this summer after a four-year closure.The open fishery will run June 1 to Sept. 30 from Sargeant Bay north through Powell River.

The 10th anniversary Chatelech Showcase last Thursday night was an entertaining display of new talent.The wildly enthusiastic audience cheered on the many performers at the Chat Theatre who demonstrated a diversity of music, dance, fashion and film.

Businesspeople in Sechelt can now apply for business licences online, the province announced last Friday.

The Lagoon Society is pleased to announce the resumption of summer programming at the Iris Griffith Centre.

In spite of a sustained negative presence from a pair of Area E representatives and loud displeasure expressed by some members of the gallery, the West Howe Sound, Elphinstone, and Town of Gibsons Restructure Committee has voted to ask Ida Chong the

Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast has just received another $60,000 award from Alcan for their monumental recycling efforts.

Provincial authorities are investigating 19 summer arsons during the past eight years in Halfmoon Bay. The most recent fire occurred on the afternoon of May 13, according to Cpl. Erich Heins of the RCMP's provincial Forest Crime Investigation Unit.

Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) is taking issue with the process for its planning applications with the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) relating to its mining compound. But the SCRD maintains a proper public process needs to be followed.

Westwind Gallery in Gibsons may be small but the vision of owner Morley Baker is big.