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Glynden and Diane Cross are the new Salvation Army pastors on the Coast, and they are spreading their message of soup, soap and salvation.

Neighbours are divided over a plan to regulate the future land use and character of the West Porpoise Bay neighbourhood.At a public hearing held on the newly completed West Porpoise Bay Neighbourhood Plan Sept.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is in the early stages of planning to expand St. Mary's Hospital in 2007 as part of its 10 to 15 year growth plan.

Was the last time you updated your home the year Nixon resigned? Or is your new house just waiting to be made into a home through cozy colours and dashing design? If this describes you, Capilano College has just the course.

Teachers on the Coast started their first phase of job action this week, refusing to submit attendance records or supervise students during lunch and recess.This action is planned to be stepped up to rolling walkouts on Oct.

Not one opposition was voiced to the proposed Wakefield 31-unit residential complex at its Sept. 22 public hearing.

Two deafening whistle blasts signified the end of a wind-blown, beauty-filled, scenic voyage aboard the Queen of Surrey and told in a bellowing tone of the adventures awaiting 10 Canadians and 10 Indonesians. It was Aug.

Attention artisans and crafters: space for the fifth annual fall fair in Gibsons is filling up fast. The fair is set for Oct. 8 and 9 at Quality Farm and Garden from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

They may not be out picketing yet, but Sodexho's food service workers in Sechelt are part of the Hospital Employees' Union (HEU)'s job action to increase wages.Sodexho workers in B.C. voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike. Since Sept.

This past July, judges Barb Jordan and Debbie Chaffee from Communities in Bloom (CIB) British Columbia came to Gibsons to evaluate the town. Gibsons entered the CIB program on a participation level in early May of this year.