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The plan is to build this summer. The West Sechelt Playground Enhancement Committee (WSPEC) has now raised $90,000 of the $100,000 needed for new playground equipment and rubberized ground cover at West Sechelt Elementary School.

YWCA Metro Vancouver is inviting the community to nominate exceptional women throughout Metro Vancouver for its 31st annual Women of Distinction Awards.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is making the 2014 budget discussions a social affair - inviting citizens and stakeholders to engage in deliberations through presentations, meetings, social media, information booths and feedback forms.

British Columbia's front-line health care professionals have agreed to a long-term contract under the province's economic stability mandate.

Nominations for the province's highest recognition of excellence and lifetime achievement - the Order of British Columbia for 2014 - are now being accepted.

It looks like there will be some major changes to liquor laws in B.C. this year with 70-plus recommendations that could all be enacted by the provincial government once a report is made public in February.

The District of Sechelt will set up a Sunshine Coast Community Forest legacy reserve fund meant to benefit community projects throughout the Sunshine Coast, council decided at their Jan. 8 committee of the whole meeting. Coun.

The Sechelt Legion is trying to appeal to a younger generation with a new interior facelift and plans for events geared toward a younger crowd in 2014.

One Gibsons resident almost didn't make it to the new year when he fell into the icy waters of Gibsons Harbour before dawn on Dec. 31. Gibsons Harbour live-aboard Marta Habkirk happened to stay up late that Monday night, retiring at about 1:30 a.m.

Gibsons Coun. Dan Bouman's pre-emptive move on the George Hotel and condo project was stalled Tuesday night after Bouman was absent from council due to a family emergency.