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A 21-year-old Sechelt man will serve a further year and a half in jail, on top of the nine months already served, for committing a string of robberies in downtown Sechelt in 2004 and 2005.

There are a number of volunteer groups poised to offer emergency help to the people of the Sunshine Coast, but they need more volunteers. "We need volunteers badly.

"Bring Kleenex," is Ed Hill's succinct advice for the novice planning to take part in Pulling Together. The annual canoe voyage began as a way to bridge the gap between Native people and police. Hill, a retired RCMP S/Sgt.

The Lagoon Society presents the seventh annual Wood Duck Festival at Ruby Lake this Sunday. The event has something for the whole family running from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 7.

A Sunshine Coast RCMP corporal has arrived in Sudan to join a peacekeeping mission with the United Nations. Cpl.

It was a day of smiles, cheers and celebrating co-operation at the ground-breaking of Sechelt's new aquatic centre Tuesday, April 25.

The possibility has opened up for extending the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) public transit services to Pender Harbour and Egmont.

Design plans for the Gibsons ice-based community centre have now moved to the working drawings stage, after which they will go to tender for contract bids.

The need for more affordable housing on the Sunshine Coast is apparent. Just ask anyone who attended a public forum last Saturday.

The Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society is bringing the arts into its Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre programs with the help of $15,000 from 2010 Legacies Now - announced this week.