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Both Telus and the Telecommunications Work-ers Union (TWU) have increased their manpower on the Coast since their labour dispute began in July.

Opposites attract goes the old saying. Anyone who doubts the validity of that adage has yet to meet Barbara and Norman Corbett of Gibsons. The Corbetts, who celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on Sept. 7, are definitely opposites.

Another community feast takes place at Gibsons United Church next Saturday. Thanks to the generosity of avid fisher Terry Connor, this meal will feature salmon as the entre.

Two men were arrested in Gibsons and charged with various drug related offences in two police busts last week. On Sept.

A Gibsons man was one of 45 Vancouver-based rescue personnel who were first to bring aid to a town 40 km east of New Orleans. Former Coast Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Bob Stubbings acted as a facilitator for the B.C.

The Coast has been awarded a $300,000 federal government grant to develop tailored adult learning opportunities through existing schools, governments and community programs.

A B.C. Ambulance Service helicopter landed in the Saltery Bay ferry terminal parking lot Sunday, Sept. 11, to rescue a person who was injured is a boating accident. B.C.

West Sechelt Elementary School (WSES) principal Carolyn Spence knew her school would be willing to help when she saw a school in Kenya with little more than a tin shelter, dirt floors and sparse learning supplies.

A continuation has been ordered in the preliminary inquiry of Richard William Peers, 24, of Sechelt and Mark Anthony Harding, 21, of Powell River. Both face charges of murder in connection with the death of James Moss.

The Sunshine Coast Quilters' Guild invites all interested in quilting to its September resource day on Sept. 24. The doors of Davis Bay Elementary School gym will open at 9 a.m.