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The District of Sechelt has committed to partially funding the Sechelt Arts Festival for the next three years, but eventually they want to see the annual event become self-sufficient.

Secretary Treasurer Nicholas Weswick presented a balanced budget for adoption at the May 14 School District No. 46 (SD46) board meeting.

Sechelt's wastewater treatment project coordinator Paul Nash gave the first of what he hopes will be regular updates on the project during Sechelt's May 15 regular council meeting.

The shíshálh (Sechelt) First Nation has created a policy document that is being hailed by the leader of the BC Assembly of First Nations as an important tool for Aboriginal governance.

Sechelt Coun. Alice Lutes is trying to save Sechelt some money by avoiding duplication of legal requests, but a motion to that effect was defeated May 1.

School District No. 46 (SD46) wants parents to be aware that not all grad trips are condoned by the district after representatives from S-Trip! were recently asked to leave the school grounds of Chatelech Secondary School.

The company providing foot-passenger ferry service from Bowen Island is looking at adding a Gibsons-to-Vancouver run to its schedule.

A Vancouver-based businesswoman wants to transform Gospel Rock into an ecology park featuring the latest in wind, solar and water desalination technologies - and that's just for starters. "It will be a showcase for the world.

A suggestion that the Gibsons pool could be "phased out" in the future sparked a passionate debate at the May 9 Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) community services committee meeting.

NDP incumbent MLA Nicholas Simons is heading back to the legislature in Victoria - once again as a part of the official opposition. Simons was elected with 11,931 votes or 54.91 per cent of the popular vote in Powell River-Sunshine Coast.