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Contentious Sunshine Coast land parcel back on the market

Contentious Sunshine Coast land parcel back on the market

Site originally slated for mixed-use community goes up for sale for $23.8 million, after project was abandoned earlier this year
Coast Reporter Radio: New councils take office, and digging into the Sunshine Coast's WWII history

Coast Reporter Radio: New councils take office, and digging into the Sunshine Coast's WWII history

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Searching for Sunshine Coast Rangers

Searching for Sunshine Coast Rangers

Pacific Coast Militia Rangers
2nd Lt. John Reginald ‘Rex’ Nickson: Honouring a homegrown hero

2nd Lt. John Reginald ‘Rex’ Nickson: Honouring a homegrown hero

Just outside Sechelt, there once stood a house named Rexwood. Jane Nickson named it in memory of her son, who in 1912 pre-empted the land and built a house there. Two years later, on Dec.
Sounding the end of war

Sounding the end of war

Sechelt community archivist Ann Watson stands in front of Rockwood Lodge in Sechelt, holding an air raid warning device that would have been used in case of invasion during World War II.
Pratt elected SCRD chair as new board sworn in

Pratt elected SCRD chair as new board sworn in

Halfmoon Bay director Lori Pratt was acclaimed as chair and Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers was acclaimed as vice chair when Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors were sworn in at the inaugural meeting of the board on Nov. 8.
Simons urged to ‘renew opposition’ to Trellis deal

Simons urged to ‘renew opposition’ to Trellis deal

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Inauguration: New Sechelt council takes office

Inauguration: New Sechelt council takes office

Darnelda Siegers was sworn in as mayor of Sechelt Nov. 7, along with first-time councillors Alton Toth, Eric Scott, Brenda Rowe, Matt McLean, Janice Kuester and Tom Lamb, who returns to the council table after losing his seat in 2014.
Sechelt shelter readies for winter season

Sechelt shelter readies for winter season

Still no word on funding for Gibsons
New Gibsons mayor and council sworn in

New Gibsons mayor and council sworn in

Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish and his council have taken office. Beamish and councillors Aleria Ladwig, Annemarie De Andrade, David Croal and Stafford Lumley were sworn in at a Nov. 6 ceremony held at the Gibsons Public Market.