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The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has wrapped up round one of budget meetings, with preliminary numbers showing the two municipalities bearing the heaviest increases in taxation over last year.

The Howe Sound economy will be "significantly damaged" if the Burnco gravel mine project goes ahead at McNab Creek, the Future of Howe Sound Society (FHSS) warned Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors last week.

The B.C. government has rejected a call by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to develop a comprehensive land-use plan for the area.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is calling for B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) to immediately cancel its plans to allow logging within the McNeill Lake watershed.

When Mike decided to take Sally up the mountain in search of Montana Ridge Tuesday night, along with two six-packs of beer, he never thought he'd get hurt or lost or need the help of search and rescue, but luckily the volunteer group was there to res

Erecting portables and changing catchment areas seemed to be the preferred ways to deal with overcrowding at West Sechelt Elementary School (WSES) when School District No. 46 (SD46) staff consulted parents there Jan. 21.

Two aquaculture companies on the Coast are now certified organic and producing the only organic sablefish and white sturgeon in the world.

Minister of Education Don McRae has apologized to school boards for the way he handled a request to find savings in local budgets, pledging to meet with trustees to find a cooperative way forward. His original request to have boards find 1.

Patients were being turned away from Life Labs in Sechelt Jan. 21 and 22 as employees protested what their union is calling an "unacceptable offer," tabled last Saturday by the employer. The Sechelt office was reopened Jan. 23.

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) has reached a new collective agreement with Local 1119 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP). The five-year contract was set to go before the CEP membership yesterday (Jan.