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School District No. 46 (SD46) honoured the people who make it possible for hundreds of bursaries and scholarships to be handed out to graduating students each year at a May 5 tea at Chatelech Secondary School.

"A co-operative approach to social care: a conversation that matters" was hosted on April 18 by the board of Sunshine Coast Community Services Society.

Sechelt council gave final reading and adoption to new garbage, recycling and sewer user fees at their regular council meeting May 2. The annual charge for collecting garbage and recycling in Sechelt is now $161.

The Town of Gibsons received an update on the aquifer mapping program during the May 8 committee of the whole meeting.

The lawsuit launched by shareholders of Sechelt Golf and Country Club (SG&CC) against the District of Sechelt was partially heard in Vancouver Supreme Court May 8; however, neither side had time to finish their arguments.

B.C.'s government introduced changes to the Coastal Ferry Act Wednesday afternoon (May 9) that increase the service fee and pave the way for significant adjustments to service levels.

Eight applicants have been offered funding to participate in the federal environmental assessment for a Burnco aggregate mine in West Howe Sound.

Parents, students and administrators have stepped up to ensure graduation ceremonies happen on the Coast this June, but grads are upset their favourite teachers won't be part of the pivotal moment.

Administrative changes in School District No. 46 (SD46) were met with anger at the May 8 school board meeting where Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) Chief Garry Feschuk pressed the board to rethink the changes and talk to the SIB.

At 8:10 a.m. on Oct. 1, 1957, Roy Brett landed his Fleet Canuck CF-DGP airplane at the not yet completed Sechelt/Gibsons municipal airport. Five years later, on May 9, 1962, Lt.-Gov. G.R.