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Broom Busters is a group of local residents dedicated to clearing Scotch Broom from our environment. Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) is an invasive perennial first introduced to Vancouver Island in 1850.

Canada's May 2 federal election is about character and vision, according to Bob Rae, the Liberal Party's foreign affairs critic. "This is an unusually important election," he said at a town hall meeting in Powell River on Saturday morning, April 9.

The provincial government is launching a public engagement process to consider options to improve the harmonized sales tax (HST), Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Kevin Falcon and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Blair Lekstrom announced

Violence against women is a persistent and ongoing problem not only in Canada but internationally. It affects women's social and economic equality and security, physical and mental health, and general well being.

Chapman Creek, the Sunshine Coast's largest natural supplier of drinking water, is changing as a result of climate change, according to UBC environmental researcher Mathieu Beaulieu.

Some small business owners in Sechelt's newly expanded business improvement area are crying foul and threatening to leave Sechelt over the $525 parcel tax being collected by the Sechelt Downtown Business Association.

Taxes in the District of Sechelt will go up 2.5 per cent this year, but average homeowners could actually pay 4.96 per cent less on their tax bill. The unusual outcome is the result of a $200 increase in the homeowner grant this year.

After almost two years of extensive work, the solid waste management plan (SWMP) is nearly set to go out for public review and comment.

Editor's note: Coast Reporter, along with sister papers Powell River Peak, Squamish Chief and Whistler Question, will be asking the candidates a series of questions during the campaign. The candidates have been asked to respond in 150 words or less.

Two men at the helm of the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) have been given their walking papers this month. John Henderson, chair of Sechelt Community Projects Inc.