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A Sechelt-hosted open house next week will provide information and seek public input into key local sewage management decisions. "Our whole system is running out of space," said Sechelt Coun.

RCMP have found what they believe to be the crash site where Gibsons missing woman May Milling's vehicle left the road and plunged into the North Thompson River.

Sechelt council lobbied for social justice issues, pursued legislation to deal with derelict boats, voiced concern about escalating RCMP costs, explored funding for the airport expansion and asked the province for time to come to a solution on Davis

The board of School District No. 46 (SD46) voted Tuesday night (Oct. 12) to raise annual board honorariums to $13,313 from $11,000 for trustees, $14,813 from $12,500 for vice-chair and $16,908 from $14,000 for the chair.

On Oct. 5, a large cougar was reported running through the loading zone of the B.C. Ferries terminal in Langdale. Staff was able to usher the unaggressive cougar out through a gate and off the property.

The youth charged with arson in the June 4 fire in Lower Gibsons will have his arraignment delayed for a fourth time while a probation officer and the Crown determine if the youth is a candidate for alternative justice measures.

Berth work underway at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal is raising concerns about on-time performance for Sunshine Coast passengers. The berth work, which began Tuesday (Oct. 12) and is scheduled to go until Dec.

An Oct. 7 public meeting, convened to present Sechelt council's Davis Bay sea walk expansion proposal, shifted gear when 250 fuming attendees demanded, and were granted, a microphone.

The first thing visitors to the Coast usually see when they reach the top of the bypass is a dirty, barren swath of land where trucks stop to test their brakes and the occasional RCMP cruiser parks, looking for speeders.

The Gibsons Minor Baseball Association (GMBA) has made some progress as it works with the Town of Gibsons to move their batting cage in preparation for the new RCMP building in 2011.