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St. Andrews Anglican Church in Pender Harbour has joined other Anglican churches in B.C. in fulfilling their "sacred duty" to support the carbon tax now being considered as an item for the 2008 provincial budget to be delivered in February. Rev.

Every year since 1996 the Sunshine Coast Hospice has held a special event in Snickett Park on Jan. 1 called Lighting the Memories. This ceremony officially completes the annual Lights of Life program that happens each December in Gibsons and Sechelt.

Greg Amos/Staff Writer Local farmers are campaigning to fight the Ministry of Health's new meat inspection regulation (MIR) that came into effect across B.C. in late September.

Nominations for this years' awards of excellence for Sunshine Coast women came to a close Nov. 30. As a kick-off to the judging process, a meet and greet breakfast was held on Dec.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is entering the New Year both as a new beginning and as the ending of the current board's term.

The Community Resource Centre in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Prevention of Violence Against Women Co-ordinating Committee is holding a candlelight vigil to remember the 14 young female students who were murdered at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Mo

With the first dose of winter on the Coast hitting the roads and highways on Monday, some residents are questioning the quality of highway maintenance being provided by Capilano Highway Services.

Gibsons is abuzz with talk about an upcoming meeting for Target Developments' Shoal Bay development on Gower Point Road - and the sheer number of inquiries the Town has received has led them to cancel the public hearing scheduled for Dec.

As the District of Sechelt investigation into blasting practices at Trail Bay Estates (TBE) gets underway, the blasting consultant brought in to oversee operations is emerging as the central character.

Nov. 27 marked two years since 80-year-old Rhody Lake went missing from her Sandy Hook home.