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Sechelt council gave its approval this week to build a six-storey, 107-unit development on the waterfront. Council gave final readings to bylaw changes at its March 2 meeting. Councillors Warren Allan, Alice Janisch were opposed to the readings.

The public will get a chance to review and comment on the draft Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan early next month. Council has set April 6 as the date for a public information session on the plan. The session starts at 7 p.m.

Gibsons council set the water and sewer rates through a series of motions at the March 1 meeting. The recommendations passed by council originated out of a series of meetings and, most recently, the corporate services committee meeting of Feb. 22.

Story: Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors were all ears as they heard a proposal last week to make the sound at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre clear and comfortable.

Needed repairs at the Gibsons pool and Sunshine Coast Arena in Sechelt will be completed, but the idea of borrowing money for further upgrades has been rejected. In a sometimes-heated debate last Thursday, Feb.

Reactions were mixed as the community got a look at the Gibsons harbour plan at an open house Feb. 23. Paul Lebofsky of Matrix Architecture presented phase two, also referred to as "Vision 2.0," to a full house at the Gibsons Legion.

To the delight of some and dismay of others, by a vote of 4-3, Sechelt council gave first reading to bylaws that would allow Sechelt's Target Marine Hatcheries to process sturgeon and caviar at its Porpoise Bay site and referred those bylaws to publi

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons raised the money and gathered the signatures needed to file nomination papers in the New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership campaign.

The Town of Gibsons has announced the appointment of a new chief administrative officer (CAO). Warren Waycheshen will be stepping into the role, currently held by interim CAO Rick Beauchamp, starting April 1.

A new leader is heading the B.C. Liberal Party and will soon become B.C.'s premier. Premier-designate Christy Clark won the leadership race last Saturday night with 52 per cent of the vote, followed by Kevin Falcon at 48 per cent.