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Sunshine Coast RCMP put a major dent in property crime during the second half of 2012, Staff Sgt. Herb Berdahl told the regional policing committee on Feb. 25.

The District of Sechelt awarded $102,251 in traffic fine revenues to safety and crime reduction organizations during the Feb. 20 council meeting.

Some members of the public are upset at the cutting of a tree that once held a bald eagle's nest on Silverstone Lane in Sechelt, but the tree was deemed a danger, according to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

The Wharf Rats are ready to unveil their plan for a restored and expanded Davis Bay wharf, and next Saturday the community will get their first opportunity to view the drawings and talk with the professionals involved.

The School District No. 46 (SD46) board passed its amended 2012/13 annual budget at their Feb. 12 regular meeting, which showed a nearly $3-million difference from the draft budget produced last year.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are seeking information from the public in identifying a suspect allegedly involved in a road rage incident on the morning of Feb. 26. According to RCMP in the morning of Feb. 26, at approximately 9 a.m.

A trailer was gutted by fire at the Gibsons RV Park Monday afternoon. The Gibsons fire department was called to the blaze at 2:50 p.m. Feb. 25 at the park located on Gilmour Road. When firefighters arrived, the eight-metre trailer was fully involved.

The dates and times for the upcoming council and committee of the whole meetings for the Town of Gibsons were incorrect as published on page three of the March 1st edition of Coast Reporter.

A Gibsons man is one of three accused in the high-profile 2011 gang slaying of Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna.

Canadian municipalities should not have to compete with each other for badly needed infrastructure funding, a Gibsons councillor told area member of Parliament John Weston last week. Coun.