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Not many people are willing to strip down to their underwear in public, but one group of Sunshine Coast residents was more than willing to do so in order to fight for a good cause.

Local conservation groups are happy with most of the government's draft land use order to establish old growth management areas on the Coast, but they want to see more old growth saved.

The Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) group wants Island Timberlands to stop logging in sensitive coastal tailed frog habitat. Island Timberlands is bringing in a frog expert instead.

Smart meters are on their way to the Sunshine Coast, but if local governments have their way, the process many not be so simple.

Story: Local governments have just been granted the second installment of the 2011 strategic community investment fund (SCIF), resulting in nearly $1.2 million coming to the Coast.

The new Sunshine Coast visitor information park project, spearheaded by the Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce, received a financial shot in the arm last week.

Camp Byng has been transformed this week with 1,750 Scouts from all over Canada descending on the 84-hectare property in Roberts Creek.

An early morning fire on July 11 destroyed a home in Sechelt. The fire, which was reported to the Sechelt fire department just after 1 a.m. on Monday, occurred in the 5400 block of Highway 101 near Monkey Tree Lane.

ICBC has advised the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) that it will file its basic rate application by the end of the year. ICBC must give notice to the BCUC about its rate application.

Auditor General John Doyle has released his latest report, British Columbia Coroners Service. The audit focused on whether the BC Coroners Service is meeting its mandate in an efficient, effective, timely and independent manner.