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School District No. 46 (SD46) is backing teachers and raising serious concerns about Bill 22 this week.

More than 200 Coast seniors packed into the Sechelt Seniors' Activity Centre last Friday to talk about their concerns with how the province tests driver fitness of those 80 and over.

The decision to allow Target Marine Hatcheries to harvest sturgeon for caviar onsite has been struck down in Supreme Court with the District of Sechelt admitting to an error in the process used to adopt the required bylaws.

Regional search and rescue (SAR) teams have continued combing the Mount Elphinstone area for 56-year-old Gibsons man Greg Welstead, who has been missing since Monday (March 12).

NDP federal leadership candidate Nathan Cullen is hoping a mixture of fear, humour and co-operation can lead to a successful run at the top job. Adding a splash of philosophy, he thinks he can take on the Conservative party too.

Too many kids are going hungry on the Coast say the region's youth workers.

High winds battered the Coast Monday, delaying ferries into the afternoon and knocking out power to many residents until the late evening.

Disaster struck the Sunshine Coast on March 14, but not really. The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) in league with almost 20 organizations on the Coast, staged a full-scale emergency exercise on Wednesday.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of March 5 to 12: On March 5, thieves cut through a fence at a business in the 4300 block of Hilltop Road in Sechelt and siphoned gas from a vehicle parked on the property.

As we put our clocks forward an hour last Saturday night for the start of Daylight Savings Time, a new ICBC survey revealed that one-third of B.C. drivers admit to feeling less alert after the time change.