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The Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP (CPC) has cleared the Sunshine Coast RCMP detachment of any wrongdoing in last July's pepper spray incident on Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) lands. The band has yet to issue a response to the report.

A contentious five-storey, waterfront development has passed second and third readings with one amendment added at Sechelt council Wednesday night.

With a docking agreement still not in place, Coastal Link Ferries (CLF) now has plans to start their passenger ferry service in Gibsons by mid-July.

Community members are warmly invited to attend an annual general meeting with a difference.

The Sunshine Coast Alternative School staff at Horizons in Sechelt are excited about the variety of unique learning experiences they have been lucky enough to offer their students in grades 8 to 12.

Linwood House is hosting its second annual art show July 13 from noon to 5 p.m., and a key feature will be the photography of Downtown East-side women who took part in photo-therapy sessions during their stay.

A group of Tuwanek area residents opposed to the rezoning of land that would allow Target Marine Hatcheries Ltd. to begin processing fish and roe raised on site were upset with Sechelt council at Wednesday's meeting.

If the roughly 25 Sechelt homeowners who took part in a secondary suites meeting on Tuesday night are any indication, there's a healthy interest in providing a legal form of the rental spaces within the District of Sechelt.

Coastal NDP MLAs are joining forces to try to sway government to protect ferry dependent communities from the latest round of BC Ferries' fuel surcharges.

For the second time in three years, Gibsons will play host to Pulling Together, a journey that begins this year on the mighty Fraser River at Hope on June 24 and culminates at Winegarden Park on Canada Day.