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District of Sechelt employees voted almost unanimously Monday, March 15 to strike, though the union has not yet given official strike notice to the District.

Sunshine Coast RCMP issued another plea for information Wednesday morning in an attempt to locate a man missing from Halfmoon Bay since mid October. Donald Jackson, 61, was last seen at his home on Seacrest Road in Halfmoon Bay on Oct. 20.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of March 9 to 16: On March 9, a thief broke into a residence in the 5700 block of East Porpoise Bay Road by accessing an unlocked window.

While Opposition Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff derided last week's federal budget brought down by the Conservative government as being full of "gimmicks" that ignores issues faced by ordinary Canadians, local member of Parliament (MP) John Weston

A month-long trial of Ledcor's new sewage treatment technology at Sechelt's Ebbtide plant is being met with cautious optimism in the community.

After almost a year of work by the Gospel Rock Refinement Working Committee, an image of how the contentious Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan may look is starting to emerge.

As a giant cottonwood tree tumbled to the ground Saturday, March 6, kicking up plumes of water from the damp forest ground behind VisionQuest's Pratt Road property, many hopes came into focus.

While the final numbers are still being crunched, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) budget is effectively done, with a slight average tax increase across the Coast.

At a meeting Thursday, March 4, the Marine Access Committee discussed re-working its Trail Bay marina plan into a series of "bite-sized chunks," strengthening links with the Sechelt Indian Band and creating a sense of urgency for marine access develo

Following a higher-than-normal incidence of whooping cough on the Coast, health officials are encouraging people with symptoms to visit their doctors, and reminding parents to have their babies immunized.