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Conservation officers are continuing to field and investigate cougar reports, but they emphasize that while numbers are high this year, many of the sightings can't be confirmed.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of Sept. 8 to 15 On Sept. 8, two thieves were caught stealing merchandise from a business in the 5500 block of Sunshine Coast Highway.

The District of Sechelt is poised to move forward with plans to build a day float in Trail Bay. "The initial plan that I think we can do in the next few months is to put the initial dock system up -a long, wide dock," Mayor Darren Inkster said.

Residents who rely on the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) HandyDART buses for transportation are feeling the effects of reduced bus trips and aren't afraid to show it. About 30 HandyDART users and their supporters showed up at the Sept.

School District No. 46 (SD46) says its top priority is to avoid layoffs, as it looks to cover a $208,000 budget shortfall, resulting from the province's decision to slash its $1-million annual facility grant.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) and Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) have begun "exploratory discussions" on whether the two bodies can work together to create a shared independent power project (IPP).

The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) is proposing to sink a 115-metre warship off Gambier Island to create a new marine habitat and diving attraction.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff and B.C. Ferries may have found a compromise on the location of a new float, and staff have begun researching how the float can be built and paid for. The new float, proposed by B.C.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 12 Halfmoon Bay was paged out shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 to assist a sail boat that had lost its rudder. The vessel was situated approximately four nautical miles southwest of Merry Island in Georgia Strait.

On Sept. 6, RCMP attended the areas of Surf Circle, High Tide and Salmon Drive areas of Sechelt where it was determined that a total of 14 vehicles were broken into sometime over night. Several of the vehicles were left unlocked by their owners.