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The mayor of Sechelt and chief of the Sechelt Indian Band met with provincial ministers recently to discuss building a new sewer plant down the hill from the existing near-capacity plant on Dusty Road.

A faint light from a cell phone helped save two Van-couver boaters recently. Wayne Skinner who operates Seatow, the BCAA on the water in Gibsons, got a call on Aug. 2 of two boaters in trouble.

On Saturday, Aug. 19, the Sunshine Coast Astronomy Club hosts its second annual Astronomy Day in the Park in Porpoise Bay Provincial Park. Last year's event attracted over 750 visitors from as far away as Washington and Oregon.

Emergency crews had a busy holiday weekend responding to numerous incidents. Late Sunday night, Sunshine Coast RCMP, Sechelt fire department and B.C.

Editor's note: This is part four of Cathie Roy's diary, a seven-part series on the recent Pulling Together canoe voyage designed to bring together First Nations, youth and police forces. Day four is another light paddling day.

Sechelt Indian Band members voted overwhelmingly against Pan Pacific Aggregates' mining proposal in last Saturday's referendum.

Pan Pacific Aggregates' (PPA) purchase of private property in Wood Bay was finalized Monday.

Hiking in the wilderness seemed like a dream lost for local Gibsons resident Kenn Quayle, who has a rare disease that causes genetic mutations that are slowly taking away his mobility.

Former school superintendent Clifford Smith is being remembered as a compassionate, caring educator and involved citizen of the Sunshine Coast. Family and friends were saddened by Smith's sudden death Aug. 1.

One accused was found guilty this week of assault causing bodily harm, assault with a hockey stick and possessing a hockey stick for a dangerous purpose from the 2004 Pender Harbour May Day assaults on longboarders, while his four co-accused were acq