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This summer two friends are going to give something very precious to children in Mozambique left orphaned through AIDS, floods and crop failure - the gift of being held, talked to and cuddled. The women will be giving the gift of love.

A new Coast-wide literacy project is already paying dividends.

A creative and productive way to support families and adults with a developmental disability has turned into a wonderful work opportunity and a way of interacting with the community.

A mock head-on crash staged at Chatelech Secondary School on Monday morning had about 600 high school students thinking harder about the consequences of dangerous driving.

Between 85 and 95 people converged on Roberts Creek Hall last Sunday, giving up their afternoon and venturing out into the rain to listen to presentations on what's wrong with independent power projects (IPPs).

In the District of Sechelt's low-key $12.3 million budget for 2008, funding for the vision plan is one of the few items that stands out.

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.