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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.

The long talked-about improvements to Chatelech Secondary School's sports fields now have a vision that field users, fundraisers and donors can look at while planning to make the fields a reality.

After weeks of intensive searching by RCMP and search and rescue members, there is still no sign of May Milling, the 81-year-old Gibsons woman who was reported missing Sept. 2.

Gibsons council has returned from the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference having netted some discussions with ministry officials, but no significant new funding for Coast projects.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board members spent much of last week voicing their concerns over everything from community safety to the role of regional districts in boundary extensions at this year's Union of B.C.

Sunshine Coast parent advisory councils (PACs) will receive just over $70,000 in community gaming grant funds, out of a total of $11 million going to more than 1,400 provincial PACs.

Sechelt firefighters demonstrated their ingenuity at extracting car crash victims from crumpled vehicles with only the use of basic tools, by winning third place in a challenge at last weekend's Transportation Emergency Rescue Committee (TERC) Britis

A crowd of 250 people voiced angry opposition to Sechelt council's Sept. 15 decision to endorse a safety-targeted Davis Bay highway-widening plan at a public meeting at the Seaside Centre on Thursday night, Oct. 7.