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Hotel owners get final say on tax

The ball is in their court. Forty-six accommodation operators on the Sunshine Coast will decide the fate of the two per cent hotel room tax - and a majority can kill it by doing nothing.

Salish Soils takes blame for stink

There's an intermittent stink in Sechelt and Salish Soils is taking the blame - for some of it.

Youth centre finds a home

Teens in Sechelt finally have a place to call their own, thanks to a repurposing of space at the Sechelt Learning Centre on Cowrie Street. School District No.

Beachcombers exhibit getting refit for 40th

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives in Gibsons will expand its exhibit of The Beachcombers to mark the 40th anniversary of the long-running CBC series.

Backyard burn ban still in effect

The unseasonably dry summer and early fall means no backyard burning for property owners/occupiers in Areas A (Egmont Fire Protection District), B, D, E and F until further notice.

Weekly police report

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of Sept.

Nurses reach tentative contract

Nurses have reached a tentative contract with the province that is expected to pass a ratification vote Oct. 18.

Cedars listed as archeological sites

Seven new archeological sites have been created in the Roberts Creek area to protect trees that were culturally modified more than 150 years ago, a Coast-based conservation group announced last week. Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) reported Sept.

George height will be double current maximum

Gibsons council will be asked to more than double the town's maximum allowed building height for the George Hotel, the project's lead architect said Tuesday night.

Electric vehicles pave the way for curbside recycling

Gibsons Recycling has purchased two electric mini-cube vans that will soon make curbside collection possible in Gibsons.