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The Vision Plan is a big commitment for the District of Sechelt, and council will soon be faced with putting their money where the mouths are.

After a protest at the District of Sechelt municipal hall and a blockade set up near Field Road on Monday morning, the community forest has cancelled a juvenile tree spacing program on a block partially within the Chapman Creek watershed.

Sometimes words aren't adequate in describing something. Saying that Sunshine Coast RCMP Const. Roi Moore is passionately proud of the work done by Citizens on Patrol (COP) is like that. "Everyone is interested in community safety," said Moore.

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series looking at the Fine Motor Olympics program currently being offered on the Sunshine Coast. Part two will appear in the March 14 edition of Coast Reporter.

Capilano College mountain bike operations students are hosting the hail the trails event, a series of three trail maintenance days, and are looking for support from the community. Event days are Sunday, March 16 at 10 a.m.

Highway 101 upgrades are being planned for the Gibsons area after the Ministry of Transportation approved $900,000 for several initiatives.

Multicultural is a very Canadian concept. Aboriginals, British, Thai, French, African - all have come together in this country.

So many of the products people use on a daily basis are made of wheat and grains, but that reliance could soon be problematic with increasing wheat shortages due to a variety of global and national factors.

A great start on fundraising efforts is just one of the reasons the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society is feeling good about the potential for the garden in West Sechelt.

Logs harvested on the Coast and sold entirely within Canada netted the Sechelt Community Forest a $515,316 net profit in 2007. The numbers were presented at the Seaside Centre last Thursday (Feb.