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Coast Reporter will be hosting and moderating three all-candidates forums in advance of the Nov. 19 municipal election. Town of Gibsons mayor and council candidates will be participating on Sunday night, Nov. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Target Marine On Oct. 19, Sechelt council deferred an application for a storage building at Target Marine Hatcheries until after they can meet in camera to discuss the legal opinion they received.

Join the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) as it once again hosts the Green Issues Forum.

Concerns centre on difficult task of communication

Editor's note: Between now and Nov. 11, Coast Reporter will run submitted 300-word profiles from all candidates for the Nov. 19 municipal election. Candidates for this week's profiles were given until 5 p.m. Oct. 25 to respond.

The teachers' job action is likely to continue into November when report cards are sent home, leaving parents without their usual gauge of academic performance.

The leader of the Lost Canadians, Don Chapman of Gibsons, said he once again intends to take the government of Canada to court over citizenship discrimination.

DriveABLE testing is now available on the Coast for those seniors who need it, saving a trip to the city for a simple computer test to measure driver fitness.

Last week, when member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country John Weston attended meetings in Bowen Island, Powell River, and the Sunshine Coast, he was travelling a little more slowly than what you might expect of someon

Father David Farfan was celebrated for his 10th year of ordination Oct. 14 at the Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) Hall. Farfan has been the priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on SIB lands for the past year.