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A Sechelt man is dead and another one is in custody after a stabbing on Friday night, Aug. 28, on Sechelt Inlet Road. RCMP have charged 35-year-old Phillip Joe Jr. with second-degree murder following the death of his brother Conrad Joe, 33. Cpl.

Coast libraries are preparing for further belt-tightening, following the province's decision to cut 22 per cent of provincial library funding for the 2009/10 year.

B.C.'s Liberal government wrestled with the largest annual deficit in the province's history on Tuesday, Sept. 1 when it tabled its first budget update since the May election. Finance Minister Colin Hansen projected a record $2.

Sechelt Community Projects Inc. (SCPI) is responding to concerns that logs from the Sunshine Coast Community Forest near Trout Lake have been exported for sale.

Effective at noon on Saturday Sept. 5 and until further notice, campfires are permitted throughout the Coastal Fire Centre area.

Communities up and down the Sunshine Coast received part of more than $2.86 million in provincial government grants this week for the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.

50 mentally-ill members members adrift

Four people and a family dog escaped injury in a house fire in Roberts Creek on Monday afternoon, Aug. 31. A single-storey house near Highway 101 in the 2500 block went up in flames just after 1 p.m.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Aug. 25 to Sept. 1: Members located a male reported for his suspicious behaviour in the 2900 block of Lower Road on Aug. 25.

Public health officials say to brace for a "nasty" resurgence of the H1N1 flu virus when schools reopen in September, but are not recommending that schools close to prevent the spread of infection. Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.