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Gibsons recycling wins green business award

Gibsons Recycling Depot was honoured last week as one of the winners of the Successful You Awards Contest, hosted by Small Business BC.

Spacing in Chapman Creek watershed causes concern

The Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) came under scrutiny last week after local government officials learned that spacing work had taken place in the Chapman Creek watershed.

Fish waste spill deemed not a danger

Fish waste being transported from Grieg Seafood spilled from a truck bringing the shipment to Salish Soils for composting on Feb. 19.

Forum eyes practical ways to boost Gibsons' economy

Gibsons' 2013 economic development forum drew together 60 community leaders March 1 for an all-day exercise in collaborative thinking about job creation.

Weekly police report

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Feb. 26 to March 4: On Feb.

House fire cause under investigation

The Sechelt fire department is still investigating the cause of an early morning house fire in West Sechelt Wednesday. Firefighters responded to the blaze on Norwest Bay Road around 3:45 a.m. March 6.

Citizens on patrol seeks new recruits

The B.C. Citizens Patrol Network, an organization of civic-minded volunteers dedicated to making communities safer places to live and work, is seeking recruits.

Head-on collision in Sechelt

Sunshine Coast RCMP have determined that speed and driver inattentiveness were factors in a head-on collision that took place at Highway 101 near Selma Park Road on Tuesday morning. On March 5, at approximately 7:45 a.m.

Busy weekend for firefighters

The Gibsons fire department had a busy weekend with eight calls that according to fire chief Bob Stevens were mostly senseless vandalism.

Property-crime drop makes Coast a 'poster child'

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.