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Participants from the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation and the Sunshine Coast joined tens of thousands of Canadians last week for the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) national gathering in Vancouver.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) has formally adopted an emergency resolution urging the province to support the creation of a comprehensive management plan for Howe Sound.

A group of Coasters who want to ban trapping in the District of Sechelt left a committee of the whole meeting visibly upset after a bylaw to prohibit the use of body-gripping traps was tabled by council for more discussion with trappers. Coun.

Sunshine Coast RCMP constables Ben Stewart and Darcy Dumais were proud to pedal through Coast communities on Sept. 19, having raised more than $42,000 for paediatric cancer research with Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast.

Local government leaders from ferry-dependent communities made substantial progress when they met last week with Premier Christy Clark at the Union of B.C.

A lightning strike on a nearby hydro pole caused some minor outages at St. Mary's Hospital in Sechelt on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Resignations of BC New Democratic Party (NDP) leaders represent an opportunity to rebuild, according to Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons. Adrian Dix, NDP leader, announced on Wednesday, Sept.

Michael Kerry Hunter Jones of Gibsons and two other men charged in the 2011 killing of gang member Jonathan Bacon will be back in court on Nov. 4.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Sept. 17 to 24: Sometime around Sept. 17, a thief stole a large amount of geotextile fabric from a building site up the Sechelt Wilson Creek Forest Service Road. On Sept.

A Sechelt man was issued a driving prohibition after crashing his car into a utility pole on Highway 101 early Monday morning. On Sept. 23 at approximately 12:07 a.m.