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The Province, City of Vancouver and Vancouver Police Board have announced details of the scope of an independent review of the planning and activities that led up to, and the violence that followed, the Stanley Cup final game June 15.

B.C. small businesses have innovative ideas on how to conserve energy, but many do not have the time or money to make their ideas happen.

Speed Watch is keeping its eyes out for those who feel the need to speed in Gibsons. Gibsons council received a letter from John Hird of Speed Watch recently saying there is real concern of excessive speeding especially along Seaview Road.

The mobile food vendor issue is inching its way up the Coast. With both Gibsons and Sechelt in the works of examining its vendor rules and regulations, Pender Harbour is now following suit.

The District of Sechelt burning bylaw will go back to staff for more tweaking before council votes on first reading.

With the onset of summer and the tourist season nearing, both visitors and locals alike are set to get a boost from the Sunshine Coast's new visitor information park.

The Sunshine Coast Community Forest has passed its five-year probation and has been granted a 25-year renewable community forest agreement (CFA) tenure from the province.

For the past two years, the Town of Gibsons has been working on its Harbour area plan and is now eager to solicit public feedback. To do so, the Town is working with an interactive, on-line pilot project for the public to have their say.

Brian and Corin Mullins, makers of Holy Crap cereal, have enough cereal stockpiled to feed the entire Sunshine Coast for a week, should an emergency ever warrant it.

Infrastructure projects in Sechelt and Gibsons are now full steam ahead thanks to major grant funding from the provincial government. The province is helping small, rural communities to address infrastructure priorities with an investment of $17.