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Sechelt council approved its 2014 budget at the Jan. 15 regular council meeting, confirming that Sechelt residents won't see a tax increase this year. The $35.4-million budget includes $2.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is creating a regional economic development charter to coordinate development initiatives in their communities with support from the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET).

The New Brighton public dock on Gambier Island is now the property of Squamish First Nation. Transport Canada transferred the public port facility to a numbered company owned by Squamish Nation on Nov.

The first open house on Target Marine Hatcheries' plan to introduce aquaponics and trout roe processing to their operations caused some upset from a handful of people gathered at the Seaside Centre Jan. 13.

Although billed to take place early this year, Metro Vancouver has not set a date for public consultations on the proposal to build a $500-million garbage incinerator on Squamish Nation lands at Port Mellon.

They're mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore.

One increase leads to another. That's the story with garbage collection fees in the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD), where staff recommended a five per cent increase this year to offset revenue losses from last year's hike in tipping fees.

Residents of Sechelt will be asked for their approval to borrow $7.4 million for the new sewage treatment plant, rather than the $2.5 million loan most were expecting.

One of the three cougars photographed on Flume Beach in Roberts Creek last week was destroyed this week, after it revisited the Roberts Creek area. Sunshine Coast conservation officer Dean Miller received a call on Monday, Jan.

The Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) will hold a nomination meeting this Monday, Jan. 20 for candidates in next month's election for chief and council. The election is set for Feb. 22, with an advance poll on Feb. 16.