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Nurses have reached a tentative contract with the province that is expected to pass a ratification vote Oct. 18.

Seven new archeological sites have been created in the Roberts Creek area to protect trees that were culturally modified more than 150 years ago, a Coast-based conservation group announced last week. Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) reported Sept.

Gibsons council will be asked to more than double the town's maximum allowed building height for the George Hotel, the project's lead architect said Tuesday night.

Gibsons Recycling has purchased two electric mini-cube vans that will soon make curbside collection possible in Gibsons.

Members of the public demanded answers at Gibsons council Tuesday night after learning that an application was being considered for a 15-lot subdivision on one of the main properties included in the Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan. Coun.

Prolonged dry weather and dwindling water reserves led Sechelt Fire Chief Bill Higgs to ask for a delay to the start of backyard burning in Sechelt during the Oct. 3 council meeting.

A ban on all outdoor water use went into effect on Friday, Oct. 5, for the Sunshine Coast south of Pender Harbour, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has announced.

Barring a radical change in the weather, all outside watering will be banned starting Tuesday, Oct. 9, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) announced this week.

A 12 per cent increase in fares over the next three years will only cut ferry traffic volumes and push fares higher, the Southern Sunshine Coast ferry advisory committee's chairman warned last week "It's a spiral and this spiral has to be addressed a

Hundreds gathered Sept. 30 to celebrate the newly completed Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast Village duplex and to welcome the two families set to move in.