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While there is always much joy and good-natured fun at the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast events, this year there was also a deep sadness at the annual Rotary Club dinner held to honour the cause.

Ken Wright will present Ushuaia to Cape Town - A South Atlantic Odyssey on Friday night, Oct. 3, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Wright's presentation at 7:30 p.m.

The Green party is trying to correct campaign signage for MP Blair Wilson after a complaint has been filed with Elections Canada.

Noise from a quarry operation across Skookumchuck Narrows from Egmont has residents pressing for changes at the site.

The federal election campaign turned to talk of small business and tourism in Sechelt on Tuesday.

A friend said it was the kind of day the girls would have enjoyed.

Greg Amos/Staff Writer A Ministry of Transportation (MoT) proposal to squeeze a 1.5-kilometre section of Gibsons Way into two lanes was greeted with displeasure and some outrage by Coast residents attending an open house on Monday night.

Her mind may be on trying to win a seat in Vancouver-Centre, but deputy Green party leader Adriane Carr's heart and is always close to home on the Sunshine Coast.

Not wanting the election campaign to be overshadowed by controversial past business dealings, Dana Larsen resigned from the New Democrates on Wednesday.

Fire and rescue teams enjoyed a hot weekend of competition and camaraderie at the 15th annual B.C. Regional Auto Extrication Challenge in Sechelt.