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Sechelt council scrapped the one-way Cowrie Street plan at their May 22 committee of the whole meeting after hearing the businesses they were trying to help clearly didn't want it.

Managing a world-class aquifer is going to take a lot of work.

Despite logging activity and plans for gravel mining in the area, McNab Creek is an appropriate site for an independent power plant, a spokesman for Box Canyon Hydro Corp. told Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors last week.

Editor's note: this is part four of a five-part series from Coast Reporter and Transportation Choices (TraC ) concerning commuter cycling on the Sunshine Coast during the annual Bike To Work Week May 27 to 31.

Sechelt will be highlighted on Global BC this Saturday morning on the Saturday Morning News during the Small Town BC feature. "Anyone is welcome to send photos of the Sechelt community and area to weekendnews@globaltv.

The Vancouver Island Kite surfers who attempted the crossing of the Strait of Georgia have proved it possible. Four Kite surfers left the shore of Columbia Beach in Parksville at shortly after 9 a.m.

A Powell River businessman and former provincial MLA died in a float plane crash near Stuart Island on Tuesday, May 21. Harold Long, 72, owner of City Transfer Ltd.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 13 to May 20: Sometime since September 2012 and May 9, 2013, a thief gained entry into a residence and an outbuilding on Nelson Island and stole a large number of household belongings as well as a ge

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has just received another successful independent auditor's report for its 2012 financial statements.

Although she's already known as a rising star on the Sunshine Coast, local maker of Holy Crap cereal Corin Mullins might earn the title officially next month.