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Last week the B.C. government made steps to curb executive compensation in Crown corporations with the establishment of a new policy that includes wage freezes and limitations on perks.

With sunny and warm conditions expected to continue throughout most of the province, Wildfire Management Branch officials are encouraging the public to be vigilant with their campfire use.

Dan Bouman, former executive director of the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA), said the group deserved credit for its push to "pretty well put a stop to logging in the [Coast's] winter ranges.

Two established professional photographers, who also happen to be long-time biking enthusiasts, are about to set out on an ambitious three-week motor-cycle journey along the proposed route of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project.

Local liquor store worker Linda Atkinson urged Sechelt council to take a stand against privatizing the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) at the Aug. 1 council meeting, but council said the issue is outside their jurisdiction. Members of the B.C.

The District of Sechelt has applied for a grant to improve the terminal building and upgrade parking at the Sechelt airport as part of their effort to make the site viable for regularly scheduled flights.

During their Aug. 1 meeting, Sechelt council officially adopted a new bylaw to phase in the regulation of open air burning in the District. Under the new bylaw, open air burning of land clearing waste is permitted until Jan.

Baby seals are being born all over the Coast right now, and it's not unusual to see them sitting by themselves on shore, sometimes with an umbilical cord still attached.

Sechelt fire department announced Aug. 1 that Matt Gilroy has been named fire prevention inspector, commencing his new role at the beginning of July.

The Sechelt Animal Hospital found itself warding off angry calls and emails from as far as California last week, when a misunderstanding took root on Facebook, implicating them in an illegal dump.