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The year was 1909, the year before Anne of Green Gables was published. The Liberals were in power with Wilfred Laurier at the helm as prime minister. And in October of that year, at opposite ends of the country, mills were opened.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Wednesday night's open house meeting on Plutonic Power Corporation's proposal to construct a series of run-of-river power generators around the Bute Inlet drew critical questions and comments from attendees.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Pan Pacific Aggregates' (PPA) proposal to start a new mining and processing operation outside Sechelt was met with rigid criticism and skeptical questioning at last Thursday's Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) plannin

A province-wide vote in December concluded with an overwhelming majority of teachers opposed to preparing for, administering and marking Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) tests.

Sunshine Coast Avalon Recovery Society will hold a dinner and silent auction fundraiser on Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Gumboot Café with doors at 6 p.m, a buffet dinner and entertainment by Angie McCauley.

The Sechelt Aquatic Centre is little more than a year old, but the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is already facing repair hurdles. The swimming pool, which opened on Nov.

The proposed expansion and renovation of St. Mary's Hospital will now incorporate state-of-the-art infection control standards, but it will come at a cost -delaying the design phase of the project by six months.

The Community Programming team at Coast Cable 11 is planning a new initiative to explore the variety of faith experiences in their local access area. Cable 11's Marlene Lowden said they plan to air a pilot program some time in the spring.

Gibsons council is taking another look at how it handled the decision to proceed with plan B as the preferred Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan option. At Tuesday's meeting, council voted unanimously to release the minutes of the Nov.

There are record breaking running races, breath-holding deep-sea diving competitions - and now there is the Scottish world-wide toast to Robert Burns record breaker. The Bard's birthday is celebrated by Scots the world over on Jan.