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A Gambier Island mother has enlisted help from the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) in an effort to lobby the province to reinstate a program that allows a parent to ride free on the ferry while accompanying a young child to school.

Developers have agreed to fix the sinkhole found at the Seawatch development and alert future homebuyers to geotechnical hazards in the area, according to documents released at the May 1 Sechelt council meeting.

Almost 200 people have registered their opposition to plans by Rogers Communications to install a wireless tower at the Gibsons fire hall at 790 North Road.

Sechelt residents will pay a bit more for general taxes and user fees this year as a result of bylaws passed recently. On May 8 council gave final reading to a 2.9 per cent general municipal tax rate that will see most residents pay 1.

The Arrowhead Clubhouse Society opened its doors to elected officials from the District of Sechelt on May 2 for the organization's first-ever Local Government Day.

Gibsons council has given support in principle for six affordable housing units in the Parkland subdivision, but rejected a second proposal on Gibsons Way. At the May 7 regular meeting, council approved the price of $229,000 for each of six 1,000-sq.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are not advising a drop in speed limits on Highway 101, Sgt. Mike McCarthy told the regional transportation advisory committee on April 29.

Wednesday's provincial election all candidates meeting in Gibsons saw local candidates answer tough questions like how their parties would tackle the deficit, their stance on liquid natural gas (LNG) pipelines and how they would fix problems with BC

Last year was the most profitable since 2007 for the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) -but it was not a year that Glen Bonderud wants to see repeated.

Sechelt Mayor John Henderson reported to Sechelt's business community last Friday about the ups and downs he's experienced since coming into office in November 2011.