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Roberts Creek Legion #219 is about halfway toward reaching its fundraising target, as volunteers work to keep the "little Legion" alive.

When the Sunshine Dragons Abreast host their next regatta, it will be without one of their founders and biggest supporter, Sally Haugen, who died July 29.

The man who helped start it all was honoured for his 21 years of service to Chapman Creek Hatchery on Aug. 15, and manager Bob Anstead is now officially retired.

Sensible BC director Dana Larsen is embarking on a whirlwind tour of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, visiting 15 towns in six days to promote the campaign for a marijuana referendum.

A new fundraising campaign to restore the Davis Bay Wharf is taking shape through the major gifts committee, which is tasked with finding $300,000 for the $600,000 project.

Sechelt's 2014-18 business and financial plan will have a theme, councillors decided during their Aug. 21 council meeting. The theme will be "This is Sechelt - Celebrating and Securing our Heritage and Prospects.

The public will have a chance later this year to respond to plans for cutting costs on BC Ferries, but the chair of the southern Sunshine Coast ferry advisory committee wants to see a community needs assessment first.

The main water supply for the Sunshine Coast is in better shape than it was this time last year, but that's no reason for water users to get lax about conservation, according to the head of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) water system.

BC Ferries has awarded pay and bonus hikes to top executives after posting a modest profit this year that critics argue was only possible because of an increased government subsidy.

You can learn a lot while walking with 88-year-old Joop Burgerjon through Sargeant Bay Provincial Park.