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The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is declining an offer from volunteers to help expand the cross-country ski trail system at Dakota Ridge this fall, but officials are hoping the same offer will be on the table next year.

Opponents of the Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan won a major concession from Gibsons council Tuesday night.

The neighbourhood came out, but they didn't like the plan. An estimated 350 people filled the gym at Elphinstone Secondary School on Oct.

More than 1,600 Sechelt residents were plunged into darkness early Saturday evening after an equipment malfunction caused a hydro pole to burst into flames.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is backing a proposal by Stockwell Sand and Gravel to establish a recycling facility for waste asphalt and concrete on industrial-zoned lands next to its gravel pit in East Porpoise Bay.

A tentative agreement between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post Corporation (CPC) will see ratification votes across the country take place next month, but some rural workers aren't happy with what's been tabled.

The Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) will consider taking an equity position in the Narrows Inlet hydro project after some outstanding issues are addressed, Chief Garry Feschuk told Coast Reporter.

Repaving a portion of Highway 101 on Wharf Road in Sechelt resulted in lengthy delays for some Coasters who didn't know the all-day roadwork was going to take place Oct. 11.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following this week: Between Oct.

The B.C. Court of Appeal is making it easier for users to file court documents. E-filing was piloted over the past year by a number of B.C. law firms, and now the Court of Appeal would like to invite other users to file their court documents on-line.