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Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons is welcoming the repeal of two bills passed in the early 2000s that the NDP government claims stripped rights from workers in the health care sector.

Fourteen organizations on the lower Sunshine Coast are receiving funding through the province’s gaming grants program. The $235,800 is targeted at arts, culture, and not-for-profit sport organizations.

A boil-water advisory has been issued for the Eastbourne water system on Keats Island. The notice was made on Nov. 9 and remains in effect. Water used for drinking, cooking and food preparation must be brought to a rolling boil for one minute.

Local donations have provided the bulk of the funding for the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre (SSAC) renovations, despite efforts to net federal and provincial grants.

Two daycare centres on the Sunshine Coast – Tiny Tots Daycare in West Sechelt and Esprit Daycare in Gibsons – are among 53 facilities across the province that will offer $10-a-day child care under a B.C. government pilot project.

Korean War veteran Paul Gauci salutes at the Gibsons cenotaph at the Remembrance Day observance on Sunday. He is one of the last remaining older veterans of Gibsons Branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Sunshine Coast RCMP said Wednesday they were looking for the suspect in a theft from the Fields store in Gibsons. RCMP said they were contacted on Oct.

The Lions Housing Society is getting $10.4 million in provincial money for the next phase of the Greenecourt project in Sechelt.

A B.C.-wide program that provides vouchers to low-income families, pregnant women and seniors to shop at farmers’ markets saw a big jump in participation this year.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are hoping for the public’s help as they search for a trailer loaded with thousands of dollars of equipment that was stolen from a construction firm on Nov. 12.