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The leaders of 11 coastal regional districts and the Islands Trust, together representing 70 per cent of the British Columbian population, got an ear with the provincial government at last week's Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in

This year's Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) was busy, but beneficial for local politicians who took part in the five-day convention in Vancouver. UBCM is an annual gathering of representatives from 193 different communities across B.

Vital Signs 2011 shows expanding senior and dwindling young adult populations on the Coast dealing with a lack of affordable housing and a high cost of living, almost equal to that of Metro Vancouver.

B.C. Ferries president and CEO David Hahn is stepping aside as he announced his retirement last week. While announcing his retirement plans, which come into effect as of Dec.

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) will be looking for a new executive director as of Oct. 14, after Dan Bouman announced his resignation from the position this week. In a news release from the SCCA on Oct.

For the third time in five years, the Sunshine Coast has a major 6/49-jackpot winner. 48-year-old Gibsons resident Linda Plows claimed the $3.85 million jackpot at the B.C. Lottery Corporation in Richmond on Friday morning (Oct. 7).

An early morning fire on Oct. 2 destroyed a home in the 8600 block of Merry Island Esplanade, near Welcome Beach in Halfmoon Bay. The Halfmoon Bay volunteer fire department was dispatched to the blaze at 4:19 a.m. on Sunday.

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) is crying foul over B.C. Timber Sales' (BCTS) plans to log next to the largest clearcut on the Sunshine Coast.

The youth charged with arson following the massive June 2010 fire in Lower Gibsons pled guilty to two counts of arson in provincial court on Monday.

The lawsuit brought forward by Brock Rodgers, on behalf of Wakefield Inn Ltd. against the District of Sechelt and former Coun. Ed Steeves and current Coun. Keith Thirkell, is not time-barred, but Rodgers may not be able to advance the suit further.