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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.

The shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation's Tem Swiya Museum was officially reopened on Aug. 13 after a two-year closure, with hundreds of new artifacts and six new showcases added for key exhibits, including a 3-D display case for the famed Sechelt Image.

For the first time, a concerted effort is underway this summer to eradicate Japanese knotweed from the Lower Sunshine Coast, the executive director of the Coastal Invasive Species Committee (ISC) said this week.

School janitors, receptionists, maintenance workers, technical support workers, childcare workers, therapists and special education teaching assistants are discussing walking off the job in September.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of Aug. 14 to 20: On Aug. 14, a witness reported a vehicle speeding westbound on Pratt Road in Gibsons.

Two Sunshine Coast men are facing a variety of charges after being arrested last week for their alleged roles in a pair of unrelated break-ins.