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None of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors were very surprised to find out that in Minister of Health George Abbot's newly introduced Bill 23, the ability of local governments to form a local board of health when necessary had been

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on eating disorders. Eating disorders affect about three per cent of the population.

Sechelt Mayor Cam Reid is exercising his authority under the provincial Community Charter to hold a second final vote on the Silverback development at the upcoming May 7 council meeting.

New Year's Eve 1997, Squamish B.C., Bob McIntosh went down to the end of his street to look in on a party of young people because the parents of the host were gone for the holidays.

Capilano College is no more. Late last week, the provincial government announced that Capilano College has been redesignated a university. The institution's new name will be Capilano University.

Did you know this year is the 150th anniversary of the founding of British Columbia as a Crown colony? Part of the celebration will include the North American Indigenous Games that will be held in early August.

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons blasted the provincial government in the legislature last week for giving B.C. Ferries' board members a pay increase on the same day fares went up.

Suspicious activity near the Sechelt McDonald's restaurant last Sunday (April 13) led police to the discovery of a retractable baton being concealed by a Sechelt youth.

A 33-year-old Halfmoon Bay woman will face marijuana charges after a vehicle rollover unearthed more than just a suspected case of impaired driving on Tuesday.

A report by B.C.'s independent forestry watchdog is levelling criticism at the Ministry of Forests for failing to develop an adequate strategy to conserve habitat for a threatened seabird.