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On Saturday, local member of Parliament John Weston will launch the inaugural celebration of National Health and Fitness Day, from Whistler. He will also announce a Private Member's Bill, to be introduced soon afterwards in the House of Commons.

Editor's note: Gibsons and District Chamber of Com-merceand Coast Reporter are working on a series of articles to highlight the Cham-ber's theme for 2012 of 'business supporting community.

Students at West Sechelt Elementary School (WSES) are excited to get their hands dirty at their own little farm that is within walking distance of their school.

Sechelt council agreed to give out $55,500 worth of grants in aid to organizations on the Coast during their May 23 committee of the whole meeting, leaving $1,500 in the account to deal with community needs that may arise before the end of the year.

The new accessible playground at Picadilly Park was officially opened May 23 with a ribbon cutting and shouts of joy from the students gathered for the big day.

Gambier resident Stuart Watson has been nominated for an Islands Trust Community Stewardship Award for his work to establish a fire-fighting group on the island.

On May 16, Sechelt council once again gave first and second reading to a zoning amendment bylaw that would restrict commercial medicinal marijuana production to industrial areas.

Fewer trips will be made into Elphinstone by the Sunshine Coast's bus system until June 25, when the summer schedule comes out and the overall operation is expanded.

Grieg Seafood is expecting lab results within days after last week's discovery of the IHN virus at a coho salmon farm in Jervis Inlet, as are concerned officials.

May 18 is a day full of meaning for Sarah Doherty, who lost her leg on that date many years ago. Every May she takes some time to do something reflective to mark the occasion that changed her life forever.