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Sechelt councillors had mixed reactions to staff's presentation of a 2014 budget boasting no tax increases, no service level decreases and some big-ticket, one-time items during their Nov. 27 committee of the whole meeting.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has drafted a bylaw that would permit medical marijuana production facilities only in Hillside Industrial Park and rural lots that are eight hectares (19.8 acres) or more.

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) removed more than 50 hectares of old-growth forest from its harvesting plans for Mount Elphinstone last week after failing to receive any bids from logging contractors.

Pieces of history from thousands of years ago tumbled to the surface as excavators dug a trench for a new sewer pipe on Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) lands recently.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board has added its voice to the growing chorus of opposition against plans for a 20-fold increase in coal shipments to and from Texada Island.

Although his own Canadian citizenship was restored five years ago, Don Chapman, the retired airline pilot who divides his time between homes in Gibsons and Phoenix, Ariz., continues to lobby for those who do not have the same good fortune.

Metro Vancouver is considering a proposal to build a $500-million garbage incinerator on Squamish First Nation lands at Port Mellon.

Residents gave a firm thumbs down to the proposed Rogers telecommunications tower during last week's information meeting on the proposal.

It was supposed to be the public launch of the Town of Gibsons official community plan (OCP) update - but instead it was almost all about George. About 50 people attended the first public information meeting for the Town's OCP review on Nov.

Due to anticipated high interest in the B.C. coastal ferries community engagement meeting in Gibsons on Saturday, Nov. 30, the venue for the public open house has been changed.