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The District of Sechelt started off 2012 with some good fortune - $8 million worth of gas tax money for a new sewage treatment facility, effectively funding whatever wastewater treatment option the District decides to move ahead with this year.

The most recent public hearing for Target Marine Hatcheries brought out around 60 people with little new to say about the company's plan to harvest sturgeon for caviar on site. The application has been to public hearing twice before.

A special infrastructure services committee was held Jan. 10 to bring forward a new model addressing the financial impact of zero waste initiatives and a potential closure of the Sechelt landfill.

After hundreds of litres of home heating fuel leaked into a ditch in Roberts Creek during the holidays, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) is reminding residents to have their tanks checked regularly.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 4 to Jan. 9: Police assisted BC Ambulance personnel at a call for a heavily intoxicated female youth at a house party in the 10000 block of Painter Road.

For the second time in three days, Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigation an alleged altercation involving a knife. Just after 11 a.m.

Three 18-year-old Gibsons teens are facing charges of break and enter after an alleged break-in to Harmony Hall this week. According to Sunshine Coast RCMP, on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 11 p.m.

The provincial government has concluded an agreement with the Government of Canada for the orderly repayment of the $1.6 billion in transition funding it received when B.C.

Finance Minister Falcon has launched a new website that invites British Columbians to balance the budget for 2013-14. The My B.C. Budget website - www.gov.bc.

The B.C. SPCA launched an innovative on-line pet search site Monday afternoon that will help reunite thousands of lost pets with their anxious families. In addition to featuring photos and descriptions of lost animals in care in all B.C.