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Another crack at Silverback

Sechelt Mayor Cam Reid is exercising his authority under the provincial Community Charter to hold a second final vote on the Silverback development at the upcoming May 7 council meeting.

One woman's journey through pain to forgiveness and redemption

New Year's Eve 1997, Squamish B.C., Bob McIntosh went down to the end of his street to look in on a party of young people because the parents of the host were gone for the holidays.

Capilano becomes a university

Capilano College is no more. Late last week, the provincial government announced that Capilano College has been redesignated a university. The institution's new name will be Capilano University.

Come and carve a piece of B.C. history

Did you know this year is the 150th anniversary of the founding of British Columbia as a Crown colony? Part of the celebration will include the North American Indigenous Games that will be held in early August.

Board votes in $18,000 pay hike

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons blasted the provincial government in the legislature last week for giving B.C. Ferries' board members a pay increase on the same day fares went up.

Baton charge possible

Suspicious activity near the Sechelt McDonald's restaurant last Sunday (April 13) led police to the discovery of a retractable baton being concealed by a Sechelt youth.

Rollover turns up marijuana

A 33-year-old Halfmoon Bay woman will face marijuana charges after a vehicle rollover unearthed more than just a suspected case of impaired driving on Tuesday.

Seabird conservation lacking, says forest board

A report by B.C.'s independent forestry watchdog is levelling criticism at the Ministry of Forests for failing to develop an adequate strategy to conserve habitat for a threatened seabird.

Treatment centre on the Coast makes economic sense

Watching a young woman slowly starve herself to death causes one of the most terrifying feelings of helplessness a parent or family can experience.

Youth identified in graffiti spree

Sunshine Coast RCMP are hoping the recent rash of graffiti incidents in the Town of Gibsons has come to an end.