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Design plans for the Gibsons ice-based community centre have now moved to the working drawings stage, after which they will go to tender for contract bids.

The need for more affordable housing on the Sunshine Coast is apparent. Just ask anyone who attended a public forum last Saturday.

The Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society is bringing the arts into its Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre programs with the help of $15,000 from 2010 Legacies Now - announced this week.

How healthy is the arts and cultural environment on the Sunshine Coast? A regional cultural scan is underway to answer that question and to determine the extent of the arts and cultural/heritage services, facilities and products available to Sunshine

A special ceremony was held last Wednesday to celebrate the induction of Rev. Peter van der Leelie as the new rector of St. Bart's Church. Members of the Anglican parish of St. Aidan and St.

St. Mary's Hospital needs a CAT scanner. Over 200 people came out to support the launch of a $2 million dollar fundraising effort to secure one last Saturday. "CAT scanners are no longer a luxury.

Last July, Coast Reporter published an article detailing Thyme Second Stage Transition House's need for funds to replace the dilapidated playground equipment in its backyard.

Gibsons Sea Cadets have had a busy winter with several special events in addition to their regular Wednesday meetings. On Feb. 7, a ceremony was held to promote new entry cadets to ordinary cadets.

The province's Minister of State for Mining was on the Coast last Friday to meet with the community and tour the land and water where Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) is proposing mining operations.

Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) has applied to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) for rezoning and an industrial permit for temporary use of a crusher and weigh scale on an agricultural land reserve (ALR).