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It's been five years from an idea to the opening kick-off, but Pender Harbour now has a competition level sports field. Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff officially opened the field at a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Sechelt council lobbied for airport funds, mining royalties, and repairs to Highway 101 at this year's Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) Convention held last week in Vancouver.

The Town of Gibsons has been recognized as a leader in sustainable planning and development by the Community Energy Association (CEA), which honoured the Town on Thursday with an energy and climate action award for community planning and development.

Keats and Gambier island residents will continue to have access to the Langdale float, at least until Nov. 30, while Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff make arrangements for a new float. Rob Clarke, B.C.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Sept. 29 to Oct. 6: Police attended to a single vehicle incident in the 1100 bloc of Roberts Creek Road after a caller reported a loud crash.

The Town of Gibsons harbour plan is under way with no shortage of public involvement at the first public meeting Sept. 24. "It was excellent. We had over 200 people show up," said Chris Marshall, director of planning.

The federal government is providing more than $700,000 for the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society (SCBGS) to put in a new building and develop infrastructure around its new garden in West Sechelt.

Heightened airspace security during the 2010 Winter Olympics, which will re-route Vancouver-bound Sechelt float plane traffic through Nanaimo, is poised to hurt local flight operators.

Drastic cuts to gaming grants for local Special Olympics mean Sunshine Coast teams won't have the travel budget they need to compete.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are expressing concerns over the latest party they were called to involving youth and underage drinking. On Thursday night, Sept. 24, police received a noise complaint coming from a house party on Fitchett Road near Gibsons.