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A senior official with Calgary-based Burnco Rock Products has downplayed the fact his company started legal proceedings against the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in 2010, after the department refused to authorize an environmental assessmen

A networking mixer to encourage strong female leadership in the community also offered some reasoning behind powHERhouse- - Gibsons Coun. Charlene SanJenko's new endeavor that fulfills a dream dating back to her arrival on the Coast.

Local government officials and environmentalists are decrying the decision by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to move ahead with plans for logging about 53 hectares of old-growth forest in the Dakota Creek community watershed on Mount Elphinstone.

The District of Sechelt has officially entered into a partnership with Sechelt Innovations Ltd. (SIL) the business development group aimed at creating more business opportunities in Sechelt.

The Sunshine Coast Trails Society (SCTS) and Lees and Associates are in the process of completing their regional trail strategy for early next year.

Sunshine Coast RCMP and Commercial Vehicles Commission are investigating the cause of a single-vehicle collision involving a logging truck in Madeira Park. At approximately 10:22 a.m. Wednesday morning, Oct.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Oct. 15 to 22: On Oct. 15 RCMP received a report of a large theft of copper from St. Mary's Hospital, believed to have occurred sometime in August.

Two drivers were issued various violation tickets and an 18-year-old Gibsons man escaped with minor injuries after what RCMP describe as a street racing incident in Gibsons Tuesday night. On Oct. 22 at 8 p.m.

On Monday night, Oct. 21 at approximately 7 p.m., Sunshine Coast RCMP responded to a report of a missing youth from a foster home in Roberts Creek.

Three people were taken to St. Mary's Hospital for treatment of various injuries after a head-on collision between an empty school bus and a pick-up truck near Ruby Lake late Thursday afternoon. Just after 4 p.m. on Oct.