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Enough councillors were opposed to a new noise bylaw to quash it at the Nov. 7 Sechelt council meeting. Coun.

B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix will be visiting Madeira Park next Sunday, Nov. 25, as a guest of Powell River - Sunshine Coast MLA, Nicholas Simons.

Sechelt councillors were confused about the intent of a new controlled substance bylaw and decided to send it back to staff at second reading for more clarification during their Nov. 7 council meeting.

At the Nov. 13 School District No. 46 (SD46) board meeting trustees accepted a plan to disperse $380,446 in learning improvement funds (LIF) to help support vulnerable learners in Coast schools.

Are trees the answer to economic and environmental sustainability? Find out by attending the inaugural event of Pro-voc-a-talks, a vision of the Coast Community Builders Association (CCBA), on Thursday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m.

The District of Sechelt has started to do their own geotechnical investigation of the Seawatch lands, despite word a report may be on the way. Mayor John Henderson told Coast Reporter Nov.

The province might want to look at ways of saving $26 million from B.C. Ferries, but that doesn't mean ferry users have to go along with the program, said Stephanie Clarke of Ferryhostage.com. With the Dec.

The recent departure of two doctors from the Coast has put pressure on an already taxed medical community that is striving to serve a multitude of patients left without family physicians. Dr. Nick Sparrow left this past summer and Dr.

The forced transfer of moorage licences in Pender Harbour is causing "stress and concern" among residents, Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) director Frank Mauro told Coast Reporter. "People express it, and there's some anger," Mauro said.

Sechelt Golf & Country Club (SG&C) Ltd. has applied to the court for more time to produce judge-ordered financial statements from 2011, but the District of Sechelt doesn't want the request approved.