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A delegation visiting Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors for international aid funding unintentionally opened the floodgates to a debate over donations and water functions last week. Residents Celia Fisher and Rev.

While there are a few years until the next federal election, a political party is working to establish itself in the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky riding.

With only a few days of public notice, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) recycling depot will be shutting down its current location at Gibsons Park Plaza and moving operations to the Gibsons Recycling Depot effective today (Sept. 30).

In a surprise move at Sechelt council, the mayor's red tape reduction advisory committee was resurrected and approved on Sept. 21. The committee was voted down at the Sept.

The first non-incumbent candidate has publicly announced his candidacy for Gibsons council in the Nov. 19 municipal election. Hammy McClymont, a resident of Gibsons since 2006 made the announcement on Tuesday morning.

Halfmoon Bay's Bruce Gordon has beaten the Guinness World Record for fastest solo global circumnavigation by bicycle, doing it in 153 days - 10 days faster than the previous record holder. "I feel pretty good about it. I'm happy that I made it.

Teachers will enter their second month of job action next week with no end in sight.

With transportation being identified as one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions on the Coast, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is doing what it can to get people out of their cars and on the bus.

A new group For A Better Sechelt (FABS) has formed not to endorse a slate of candidates, but to ensure members of the old Sechelt council don't get re-elected Nov. 19.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Sept. 20 to 27: An officer witnessed a driver going more than40 km above the posted speed limit near the Langdale ferry bypass and conducted a traffic stop with the suspect vehicle on Stuart Road.