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A Seair float plane travelling from Powell River to Vancouver was forced to make an emergency landing following an in-flight incident on Monday afternoon. On June 24 at approximately 1:40 p.m.

Two high school students from the Coast recently attended the inaugural Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) National summit in Toronto, returning full of information and enthusiasm to inject into their local GSAs.

At their most recent board meeting, on June 6, the Sechelt Downtown Business Association (SDBA) unanimously voted to adopt a new logo and brand direction.

School District No. 46 (SD46) will appoint a teen representative to the board this fall in an effort to hear from students, trustees announced at their June 11 regular school board meeting.

Ottawa's decision to phase out both government and personal medical marijuana production came as no surprise to patient advocates who opposed the new rules.

Two steel containers from Japan that washed ashore on a beach northwest of Gibsons are not debris from the 2011 tsunami, but are likely from a local source, according to B.C.'s Ministry of Environment.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is going ahead with plans to construct a bicycle path on the west side of Pratt Road in Elphinstone, but will work with other agencies to eradicate knotweed from the site before building a path on the east

A parliamentary committee report about adjustments to federal riding boundaries in B.C. contains a detailed proposal that would keep Powell River and the Sunshine Coast in the existing riding.

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The District of Sechelt and striking union workers say they want to talk, but neither side is moving toward the bargaining table as the strike rolls into week two. "We are here, and we're waiting.