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Crown prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of Linda Lorraine Howe after hearing dramatic testimony from Sunshine Coast RCMP officers on the scene at the March 31, 2009 shooting at Christienson Village.

Some residents living near Sechelt's Ebbtide sewage treatment plant are lobbying for the District of Sechelt to fix a recurring subterranean rumble and rotten-egg stink.

Sechelt's Lighthouse Pub management is looking to expand pub operations into the current Magellan's Tapas on the Bay restaurant space, in a bid to make the restaurant space financially viable.

Imagine if Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP), the Sunshine Coast's largest private employer, were to close its doors and lay off its staff and the effects that would have on employment, the Coast economy, property values and taxes.

Union presidents for the Coast's teachers and school support staff are warning Coast parents to expect serious cutbacks to schools' library services and special education support in the fall. School District No.

Week two of the trial of Linda Lorraine Howe, the woman charged with attempted murder, robbery and numerous firearms offences in the shooting at Christenson Village in Gibsons last year, was marred by unforeseen delays as Crown counsel worked to conc

The B.C. government's bill to make changes to B.C. Ferries and its governing bodies is "useful" but overall is "incomplete." That is the Ferry Advisory Committee's (FAC) assessment of Bill 20, which was introduced in the legislature April 29.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 4 to 11: Businesses are warned to be very clear who they are advertising with after a business in Sechelt signed a contract via the Internet with www.yellowpage_britishcolumbia.com.

Sechelt council is poised to pass a "stay the line" budget that would see residential and commercial municipal tax rates rise by 2.32 per cent for 2010.

Coast residents concerned about the plight of British Columbia's wild salmon marched from Lower Gibsons' Pioneer Park to Charman Creek Sunday, May 1, to show support for wild salmon-preservation campaigner Alexandra Morton's 'Get Out Migration' trip