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Story: Calling the situation "critical," Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) administrators are recommending the board raise the taxation limit for community recreation facilities by 50 per cent to $5.4 million. That's up about $1.

The District of Sechelt awarded over $100,000 in grants to various groups through the community investment program during its Feb. 5 regular council meeting.

The provincial government introduced what they called their 'balanced budget' on Tuesday in Victoria, which includes forecast surpluses in all three years of the fiscal plan and modest investments in priority areas.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) should consider amalgamating its fire departments into one regional department, Roberts Creek fire chief Rob Michael told SCRD directors last week.

Tears were shed by most of the more than 200 people who came to the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation's Feb. 15 showing of the movie We Were Children - a disturbing yet honest portrayal of residential school life in Canada.

Story: The height of the George Hotel's façade on Gower Point Road has been lowered in the latest plans submitted by the developer, Gibsons director of planning Andre Boel told Coast Reporter this week.

Story: Health Canada is citing two separate series of radiation tests on B.C. fish -along with ongoing ocean monitoring -as reasons why regular domestic seafood testing is not warranted in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident.

Dangerous levels of PCBs have been found onboard the HMCS Annapolis. Environment Canada is looking for contractors to remove the contaminant before sinking the ship to create an artificial reef.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District is wrestling with a landfill budget deficit for 2013 and projected shortfall this year that will total $450,000. In a Feb.

A 41-year-old Powell River man is facing a drug trafficking charge after a bust by Sunshine Coast RCMP Traffic Services during a traffic stop in Gibsons. According to RCMP, the driver was pulled over for speeding on Feb.