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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.

After confirming the closure of the Coast Guard communication centre in Comox, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) did not speculate on what that could mean for Coast mariners.

The Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) went on the offensive last week, saying a step up of litigation against the provincial and federal governments will proceed as their only recourse against their territory's "death by a thousand cuts.

Dan Veniez has dropped his defamation suit against John Weston after the Conservative member of Parliament apologized to the former federal Liberal Party candidate for information distributed by the Weston campaign workers just before the 2011 electi

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations recently approved seven applications to extract water from the Jervis Inlet, green lighting a commercial water bottling licence the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has opposed fro

The School District No. 46 (SD46) board wants to make it clear they have no appetite for a cultural complex at the old Sechelt Elementary School property after hearing from some Sechelt councillors that they are eyeing the site.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are alerting the public to be vigilant after two recent reports of phone scams. On May 15, a Coast resident received a phone call from a male who greeted the resident by saying "Hi, grandma.

On May 16 Sunshine Coast RCMP received a report of an injured teenage girl in Sechelt, who alleged an unknown assailant assaulted her. All available police officers attended to immediately try to find any suspect who may still have been in the area.

Editor's note: This is part five of a five-part series between Coast Reporter and Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) featuring cycling programs and improvements by several organizations on the Coast.