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The Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) wants young people to celebrate National Forest Week so it is hosting an essay contest.

Provincial Ombudsperson Kim Carter released her latest report Sept. 20, called open meetings: best practices guide for local governments aimed at municipalities, regional districts, the Islands Trust and other local governments.

Gibsons council gave second reading to a zoning bylaw amendment that will create a new RM-6 zone to allow townhouse and apartment development on smaller lots within an area identified by the town's official community plan (OCP).

The Sechelt Indian Band's (SIB) director for the Sunshine Coast Regional District said he is promoting closer economic ties with local government at the Band council level. Coun. Keith Julius told board members at the Sept.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will apply for a federal accessibility grant worth $50,000 to upgrade the Gibsons and District Aquatic Centre, the community services committee decided Sept. 13.

The alleged assault case against Sunshine Coast RCMP Cpl. Murray McNeil has been adjourned to Oct. 2 for an arraignment hearing and to hopefully set a date for trial. The case was heard in Sechelt provincial court on Sept.

A day before the deadline came, Sechelt Golf & Country Club Ltd. (SG&CC) asked for two more weeks to gather enough money to get the Sechelt golf course back from the District of Sechelt.

An international expert on age-friendly communities will help get the ball rolling in Gibsons to develop a community action plan for the town. Dr.

Twelve seniors who reside at the Gibsons Garden Inn will be able to stay on at the same rates if the building reverts to its original use as a hotel, council's committee-of-the-whole heard Sept. 11.

More local government elected officials are opposing a proposed change to the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country federal riding. The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board voted at its Sept.