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School District No. 46 is one step closer to implementing its Gibsons Neighbourhood Learning Centre (NLC) proposal, which was presented to the Ministry of Education recently.

The mayors of Sechelt and Gibsons got a taste of what it's like to be visually-impaired this week.

The June 14 school board meeting marked Deborah Palmer's last meeting as superintendent of schools, as she will be returning to teaching in the fall.

Save Halkett Bay, a group fighting to keep a destroyer from being sunk in the area, could essentially shut down the Artificial Reef Society of B.C. (ARSBC), according to ARSBC president Howard Robins.

As Sunshine Coast governments work to implement a ban on animal traps, Gibsons residents are outraged this week after learning a cat was caught in a trap on Cochrane Road.

Former Sechelt RCMP officer and football coach Gary Rudi Groenke was acquitted in Vancouver Supreme Court on June 17 of all charges of gross indecency and sexual assault of a young boy.

An in-camera decision by some members of Sechelt council has sparked debate and ill feelings around who is representing Sechelt at the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).

Sechelt's Dr. Isabelle Hughan has been unable to work for three weeks due to an immigration issue that has left her 1,500 patients waiting in limbo.

While still proving itself to be a hot button topic, Gibsons council is making some headway in implementing the Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan.

Invasive plant species have crept up the Sunshine Coast, making themselves at home and leaving local plants in peril.