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Curtis Munson of Valhalla Strength and Conditioning is close to crying uncle after nearly a year of trying to appease District of Sechelt zoning bylaws.

If Sechelt Golf & Country Club Ltd. (SG&CC) meets a handful of conditions by Sept. 15, it will resume operations of the Sechelt golf course, which was taken over by the District in January of this year.

British Columbia's doctors have voted 92 per cent in favour of accepting a new four-year agreement with the provincial government.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 17 to July 24: On July 17, police responded to an alarm at a business in the 5600 block of Highway 101 and found someone had driven into the front doors, setting off the alarms, but no entry had bee

The public is invited to attend and get involved with the BC Jobs Start Here Mobile Exhibit tour as it visits Gibsons as part of the Sea Cavalcade festivities this weekend to help British Columbians find their next job or career.

Minister Rich Coleman announced July 19 that British Columbians can now bring their own bottle of wine into participating restaurants and enjoy it with their meals.

Due to the recent hot and dry weather, all category two open fire and fireworks prohibitions have been expanded to include all areas within the Coastal Fire Centre. The new bans came into effect on July 20 at noon.

Environmental advocate Quinn Barabash hopes to have a big turnout to this year's Swim for the Salmon event so he can get his message out to the masses.

It's been a long recovery, but Rose Schwarz is feeling a bit better and enjoying life without daily nausea and vomiting, after having stomach removal surgery in Calgary in April.

Halfmoon Bay director Garry Nohr will head the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board for the fourth consecutive year. Nohr was acclaimed chair at the Dec. 12 board meeting after being the only director nominated.