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An emergency medical procedure for guide dog Captain Midnight has left Sechelt's Bill Conway with a large vet bill and little ability to pay it.

Town of Gibsons taxpayers will be off the hook for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) ports function starting next year, SCRD directors agreed last week.

It's time for the people of Gibsons to get serious about protecting Gospel Rock - by buying it, the owner's realtor told council's committee of the whole Tuesday night.

If there's one thing people can learn from this year's Great B.C. ShakeOut drill, it's that emergency preparedness begins in the home.

To encourage B.C.'s entrepreneurs to develop, grow and improve their businesses during Small Business Month, a series of free seminars and webinars will be offered by Small Business BC.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Sept. 24 to Oct. 1: On Sept. 24, police attended a found bike report in the 4900 block of Hotel Lake Road, Garden Bay.

The community is feeling the impact after an early-morning fire tore through the Pender Harbour Hotel and Grasshopper Pub on Monday, Sept. 30, Area A director Frank Mauro said the following day. "It's a big effect," Mauro told Coast Reporter.

Coasters are starting to sign petitions calling for the decriminalization of pot possession, but many more names are needed before the 12-week campaign to amass enough signatures ends on Dec. 5. Sensible B.C.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors have asked managers in all departments to effectively freeze their 2014 operating budgets. In a recommendation passed at the Sept.

Telus is extending its fibre-optic network to the Sunshine Coast, the company confirmed this week. "The build is happening.