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The man at the centre of last July's pepper-spraying incident on Sechelt Band Lands received the sentence requested by his defence lawyer in Sechelt provincial court on Wednesday.

With Parliament in summer break, local federal Liberals are in full swing behind the scenes with the party headhunting prospects and candidates applying to take over where MP Blair Wilson left off. And the process is causing a few waves.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are seeking a person of interest believed responsible for deliberately setting three fires in Sechelt last Saturday night. Just after 10 p.m.

A letter of intent outlining Columbia National Investments' (CNI) plan to have Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) operate their gravel mine near Chapman Creek is raising the hackles of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board.

Child of the Land is an intriguing book. The author, Douglas Warren Greenfield, grew up not far from where I did. I was raised on the B.C. side of the Peace River Valley; Greenfield's home was in northern Alberta.

Residents in East Porpoise Bay can thank the swift action of fire crews for getting a potentially dangerous forest fire under control quickly last Thursday afternoon. Just after 2 p.m.

There will be no Sunshine Coast, white sturgeon caviar hitting the international market this year.

The 40th Sea Cavalcade Society is in jeopardy of having to cancel events due to lack of funding (in spite of fundraising efforts). "We are a non-profit organization run by volunteers.

The pickup truck driver involved in an escalating confrontation that led to last July's pepper spraying incident on Sechelt Indian Band lands has been found guilty on all charges. Justice Anne E.

When one-year-old Lia Trent is cured and has recovered from surgery to remove the "button" where her chemotherapy goes in, her mom and dad are taking her and four-year-old sister Megan to Disneyworld. "I don't care what's going on at that moment.