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A delegation of Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) employees was in Ottawa this week to rally on Parliament Hill and meet with John Weston, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country.

An old program has gained new momentum to aid first responders when they attend to an ill or injured person in the home.

Linda Lorraine Howe, charged with 10 offences, including three counts of attempted murder, in connection with the alleged shooting March 31 at Christenson Village in Gibsons, will make her next court appearance on June 15.

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) is temporarily laying off an estimated 400 workers for the month of June in its kraft pulp mill and newsprint production operations.

A new hitchhiking program used by East Porpoise Bay residents suffered a bylaw blow when they had to remove ride share signs from designated spots along the route.

Not everyone enjoys the freedom to manoeuvre the District of Sechelt's (DOS) sidewalks, shops and parks with the ease of an able bodied person, and about a dozen of those people showed up to share their knowledge and hopes for change at the first pub

From the Sunshine Coast to the Middle East is a long way to go to help people in a war-torn area, only to be turned away at the border. But that is what Gibsons resident Anita Couvrette was facing when she arrived in Egypt on Monday.

A person of interest has been identified and the investigation is on-going into a robbery Monday at the Petro-Can station in Gibsons. The Sunshine Coast RCMP serious crime unit is heading the investigation.

A 48-year-old Gibsons man is facing charges of production of a controlled substance after a bust in Gibsons last Friday night. On May 22, Sunshine Coast RCMP executed a search warrant at a home on Chaster Road.

Residents of the rural areas in the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) could have curbside recycling pickup by the spring of 2010.