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Halloween is a treat for little ghosts and goblins, but it can be sheer terror for family pets.

Greg Amos, Staff Writer More than 300 Coast residents who packed into a Monday night meeting on B.C. Ferries issues can count themselves part of the critical mass that spurred a dramatic provincial investment into B.C. Ferries.

Imagine having to choose between food and shelter. According to Habitat for Humanity, more than one million Canadians cannot afford both.

Despite continued outrage from Sunshine Coast residents, B.C. Ferries is going ahead with its planned sailing reductions this weekend. The Saturday 6:30 p.m. sailing from Langdale and 7:25 p.m. sailing from Horseshoe Bay and the Sunday 6:20 a.m.

A complex set of local and regional issues awaits local governments on the Coast in 2008 - but though the challenges may be daunting, there's no lack of candidates making themselves available for the often-thankless job of being a civic politician.

The two-and-a-half-year wait is finally over for John Weston.

District of Sechelt voters have two choices for mayor and 10 options for six councillor positions. Incumbent Mayor Cam Reid is hoping to reclaim his seat and follow through on several projects he has been part of during his last term. Coun.

In sports, extra effort often pays off in dividends. That was true forBobMackie and Louise Parkerfrom Sechelt, who took home asilver medal in the square dancing competition at the Huntsman World Senior Games on Oct. 9.

"The tears of the ancestors are raining down on us," said councillor Robert Joe to those gathered in the cold rain in front of the last residential school building on Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) lands.

Trees are vital to us, as an attractive element in our communities and gardens, as a source of wood for many uses, as providers of fruit and nuts and, above all, as the lungs of the earth, cleansing the air we breathe.