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Input shows portables are preferred

A Feb. 5 summary of the Sechelt school capacity discussions to date showed many feel the addition of portables is the best option and moving Grade 7s to high school is the worst option for students. School District No.

SCRD urged to seek injunction

A local environmental group wants the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to get tough about protecting its community watersheds. In a Jan.

Anti-Harper forces rally around Idle No More

Amid calls by Chief Garry Feschuk to "ramp it up," Sunshine Coast activists joined forces with the Sechelt First Nation last Saturday in the second major Idle No More event of the year.

Narrows Inlet project may get scaled back

The proposed Narrows Inlet Hydro project might be getting downsized from five to three separate power plants.

Treatment facility a first in North America

Sechelt will build a $22.4-million state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility that's the first of its kind in North America, the municipality declared Feb. 5. "It's time to announce the biggest infrastructure project in Sechelt's history.

Life Labs workers to vote on new contract

Life Labs workers have reached a tentative agreement with their employer, halting any further job action on the Coast. The B.C.

Deserving trio receive Queen's medal

It was "a very special night" in Gibsons Feb. 5 as Mayor Wayne Rowe presented three Gibsons' residents with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Send some love to the food bank

Students of West Sechelt and Halfmoon Bay elementary schools are asking the public to help them show some love to the Sunshine Coast food bank this Valentine's Day.

Weekly police report

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 29 to Feb. 5: Overnight on Jan.

Sechelt victim in Hawaii identified

UPDATE: as of 8 p.m. Feb. 6A 51-year-old Sechelt man who drowned Feb. 5 on Hawaii's northernmost island of Kauai has been identified as Mark McLean.