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Next week the Coast will welcome hundreds of visitors from around the world to celebrate accomplishments of those in the autistic community. Oct.

October is Small Business Month, and the Gibsons Chamber of Commerce is kicking off a series of workshops to help small businesses on the Sunshine Coast improve their bottom line. The first workshop will be at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3.

The Town of Gibsons is asking BC Transit to revise its draft 25-year plan for the Sunshine Coast to include - sooner rather than later -a more frequent service linking Upper Gibsons to the Landing.

Gibsons council voted in committee Tuesday to approve a grant of assistance for $3,400 to the Gibsons Public Art Gallery (GPAG) as reimbursement for the gallery's municipal property tax bill. The request sparked a lengthy discussion Sept.

International guests visited the Sechelt Creek and Bear Hydro Clowhom electric projects this past week in a tour hosted by the Sechelt Indian Band. Dignitaries from California included Sen. Darrel Steinberg and Ted Gaines, United States House Rep.

Sunshine Coast K-12 support staff won't vote on whether to accept B.C.'s newly announced provincial framework agreement until the end of the year.

There was no provincial interest to fund Sechelt's airport expansion at the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference last week.

Participants from the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation and the Sunshine Coast joined tens of thousands of Canadians last week for the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) national gathering in Vancouver.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) has formally adopted an emergency resolution urging the province to support the creation of a comprehensive management plan for Howe Sound.

A group of Coasters who want to ban trapping in the District of Sechelt left a committee of the whole meeting visibly upset after a bylaw to prohibit the use of body-gripping traps was tabled by council for more discussion with trappers. Coun.