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Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors will seek a meeting with the provincial transportation minister to air concerns about the department extending its five-year highway service contracts for the region without public input.

It appears that a petition signed by 374 residents is too little too late to stop construction on the $25-million wastewater treatment plant on Ebbtide Street in Sechelt.

As his first order of business, new Education Minister Peter Fassbender has suspended talks with teachers while he overhauls the bargaining process in pursuit of a 10-year deal. "The old way does not work.

A flotilla of more than 150 vessels came together in a remote part of Howe Sound last Sunday to make a collective statement about protecting the most southerly fjord in North America from heavy industry.

School District No. 46 (SD46) is urging kids to be cautious this summer after an alleged attempted abduction in Sargeant Bay Provincial Park on June 16.

School District No. 46 grads are invited to complete the district's annual grad survey. The survey takes 10 minutes. The information gained will help SD46 implement programs and provide services, which will better meet the needs of Coast students.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for June 19 to July 1: On June 19, police attended a motor vehicle incident involving a pedestrian in the 900 block of Gibsons Way.

WildSafeBC, the successor to the very successful Bear Aware program, has turned to the use of social media to help in its efforts to reduce human-wildlife conflict throughout the province.

With just days until school resumes, ICBC is asking parents to help prepare children to get to and from school safely. Every year in B.C., an average of 30 children aged five to 18 are killed and 5,100 injured in 14,700 crashes.

The second and third stages of the Sunshine Coast agricultural area plan are underway, and a number of ideas and suggestions for furthering local agriculture are now taking root.