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As an ambitious first step towards preparing a community plan for economic growth, the Gibsons and Areas economic development conference, Working Together for the Benefit of All, was held at Camp Elphinstone on Saturday, Feb. 21.

Sechelt businessman Fred Church will go to trial Oct. 25 on charges of sexually assaulting or sexually touching four teenagers.

Nearly a month after she sustained serious injuries during a vicious dog attack, a Gibsons woman is still traumatized by her ordeal, saying it could have been prevented. Around 7:30 p.m. on Jan.

Award-winning journalist, broadcaster, author and environmental activist Des Kennedy will be presenting A Gulf Islands Gardener in the Gardens of Ireland at the Heritage Playhouse March 9 at 7 p.m.

Property taxes will go up by about four per cent in the Sunshine Coast Regional District in 2004, according to the proposed budget released last week. But some property owners will pay a bigger share of that overall increase than others.

A 38-year-old father who sexually touched his 10-year-old daughter has been sentenced to two years of probation. During that time he cannot contact his daughter, who is in foster care.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigating a pair of accidents that sent one man to hospital and tied up traffic on Hwy. 101 Wednesday night. Shortly before 6 p.m.

The Music Makers kids are busy putting the finishing touches on the musical The Jungle Book, a story by Rudyard Kipling, scheduled for March 7 at St. John's United Church in Davis Bay.

Debate over a proposed botanical garden project in Gibsons continued this week, this time in front of Gibsons council. Two delegations presented their cases in front of a packed gallery at Tuesday's council meeting.

A Wilson Creek woman faces several weapons charges after police responded to reports of gunfire and screaming early Monday morning in a residential neighbourhood. It was around 3 a.m.