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If you know someone who is a champion for multiculturalism on the Sunshine Coast then nominate them for a 2011 provincial Nesika Award.

Representatives from the Sunshine Coast Sea Cavalcade made a splash at the Town of Gibsons council meeting June 21.

The issue of leg-hold traps has caused a massive public outcry, but in order for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to implement a ban, the process is proving challenging.

Climate change may be a debatable topic for some, but Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk is hoping his council will tackle the issue head on.

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.