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School District No. 46 (SD46) is facing school reconfiguration, and superintendent Deborah Palmer is inviting the community to get involved in the resolution process. "It's exciting.

Slowly but surely, the future of recycling on the Coast is inching towards a consensus, as the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) gears up for the second and final set of public open houses on June 21.

What could be a better learning experience for a Langdale Grade 7 student than to spend 25 days travelling at breakneck speeds across four continents and visiting 13 countries? On May 3, Petra Chalmers came back from her world travels that started in

Pending changes to B.C.'s building code will increase the prominence of wood in new buildings, providing a spark to the troubled forest sector, forest minister Rich Coleman told a crowd in Sechelt last weekend.

A Roberts Creek book club is offering an easy way to raise money for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign. Sunshine Coast readers are invited to bring their gently-used, book-club-quality books and exchange them for new-to-you books.

Nine months after it took effect, farmers and elected officials in Powell River are still fighting against the Ministry of Health's new Meat Inspection Regulation (MIR).

After concerns voiced by the Concerned Citizens of the Sunshine Coast at the B.C. Community Forest Association's seventh annual general meeting last weekend in Sechelt, the local community forest has a new governance structure in place.

The community of Gibsons is in need of a run organizer for this year's Terry Fox Run, to be held on Sunday, Sept. 14. The Terry Fox Foundation encourages groups or teams of individuals to volunteer together.

With a slew of planning documents on the Coast already set to be updated over the next few years, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is launching a public process this month to seek input into the regional growth strategy.

Option A or option B - but what about option C? This was the bone of contention for some of the more than 100 citizens who turned out at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre Monday night to voice their concerns about the two options being laid out f