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A 53-year-old Wilson Creek woman who fired two pistol shots in her residential neighbourhood has been acquitted of three criminal charges. Fay Cornish pleaded guilty to a fourth charge of possessing a loaded, restricted firearm.

Space for the fourth annual Fall Fair is filling up fast. More than half the tables are spoken for, so if you were thinking of participating, act quickly.

Jean-Pierre Makosso, from Pointe Noire in the West Congo, comes from a culture rich in music, dance and storytelling.

Sechelt-raised actor David Paetkau began a new prime time TV gig last week, playing a naïve young immigration officer in the new NBC series LAX. In the pilot episode, aired Sept.

Students are diving, faculty are cheering and the first week of the Professional Scuba Dive Instructor program is officially underway at Capilano College.

Sechelt council's decision on a proposed condominium building in Davis Bay has been postponed for at least a month. The condo is proposed for the vacant lot next to the Pier 17 store in Davis Bay. At the Sechelt planning meeting Sept.

More than a year after Liam Gadsby was sentenced to four and a half years in jail for a violent home invasion, the other man charged in the attack, Thomas Duncan, still does not have a trial date.

The Coast has a new bowling alley and pool hall in Gibsons. Al Holt has reopened the old Strike Zone in Gibsons Park Plaza after it was closed for about two years.

The Sechelt courtroom was virtually empty last week during the preliminary hearing for Raymond Irwin, a 33-year-old Langdale man charged with the second-degree murder of his mother.

The Sunshine Coast Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Project, in partnership with the ADHD Parent Support Group, has a fall schedule of events that will be of great assistance to those dealing with an ADHD youth or adult.