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Ten-year-old Wesley Konopasek is a fine example of what it means to be part of the scouting movement - perseverance, dedication, fortitude and helping others. Wesley was granted the Award of Fortitude at a special ceremony in Sechelt Monday night.

Sechelt fire department is commending the owners of a Sechelt eatery for having a working fire sprinkler that saved the restaurant from major damage after a fire last Saturday. The fire occurred in the late evening of Feb.

Winter's gone and spring is on its way, so it must be time for David Gogo to appear. He's melted many a winter here on the Sunshine Coast, and he'll do it again on Saturday, March 15, at the Roberts Creek Hall.

A familiar face is returning to the top position with the Sechelt Indian Band (SIB). Garry Feschuk was appointed chief of the SIB on Saturday during elections for chief and council. Feschuk defeated interim chief Marita Paul-Franke.

You might call it an affordable housing project built on pop cans.

BC150 Community Funding program grants are being awarded to community groups and organizations on the Sunshine Coast staging local BC150 celebrations.

Poor dog ownership may be partly to blame for a vicious attack by neighbours' dogs on an 11-year-old boy in Halfmoon Bay Feb. 12.

After months crunching the numbers, the School District No. 46 (SD46) board has approved its final budget for 2007/08. At the Feb. 12 board meeting, trustees passed the budget in the amount of $37,030,720.

A local rhododendron and the Himalayan blue poppy will be two likely denizens of a new botanical garden in Sechelt, if a recently announced $1.5 million fundraising drive meets with success.

Greg Amos/Staff Writer Just two weeks after council denied the four-storey, 109-unit Shoal Bay development in Lower Gibsons, proponent Grant Gillies has come back with a second application - and this time, the Town appears ready to take extra steps t