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Snow removal was the topic again between Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors, SCRD staff, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) representatives and the public Monday night.

With a varied background in forestry, economic and cross-cultural studies, Michael McLaughlin is looking forward to the challenge of helping to shape business on the Sunshine Coast.

With duct tape across their mouths to symbolize being gagged, a small and silent group protested Bill 42 in Sechelt Feb. 13.

The provincial election campaign has officially begun on the Sunshine Coast. Last Friday, Liberal candidate Dawn Miller formally introduced her campaign team and opened her office in Sechelt.

Finance minister Colin Hansen released his much-anticipated deficit budget on Tuesday, trying to put on a brave face in the midst of an economic downturn and a looming provincial election in May.

Ann Stampfl vividly recalls the last time she spoke to her mom, Barbara. It was in June 2007. Ann had just called her mom in Salmon Arm to chat. "I knew right away something was wrong," Ann said. Her normally upbeat mom was having trouble speaking.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Members of the Ocean Beach Esplanade stewardship advisory committee (OBESAC) said the risk of landslides around the Esplanade and the areas nearby is too great to ignore, and a short-term solution must be found.

The sweet sounds of government money have come to the Sunshine Coast in the form of an Arts Presentation Canada grant.

A Sechelt man is dead after he was hit by a dump truck in Sechelt Tuesday morning. According to Sunshine Coast RCMP, James Edward Wilson, 74, was struck by the truck just after 9:40 a.m. when he was trying to cross Wharf Road at Highway 101.

Most Thursday afternoons at Christenson Village, seniors enjoy a cup of tea and conversation while they wait to receive a manicure from one of the TLC Salon teens.