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Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons accepted a petition this week with more than 1,200 youth signatures asking the provincial government for a moratorium on logging on Mount Elphinstone until a land and resource management plan (LRMP) is

Local government leaders were in Victoria Monday seeking assistance with funding shortfalls for the future Gibsons ice-based community centre and Sechelt aquatic centre. The projects are roughly $4.

Tarsus, Antioch, Caesaria, Ephesus - Biblical place names familiar to many. Did you know these places are still in existence in modern-day Turkey? Today's traveller can still visit the places visited by St.

The Sechelt Indian Government District renewed its self-government agreement with the provincial government Jan. 20, which would have reached its 20-year expiry date this year.

Elementary students received a visit from Science World last week to learn about science through visual presentations. Three traveling science facilitators came to Madeira Park, Davis Bay and West Sechelt Elementary Schools Jan.

The Sechelt Public Library will celebrate Family Literacy Day on Friday, Jan. 27. The main event is a birthday party for all those babies born in 2005 and their parents or caregivers. The fun begins at 10 a.m.

Sechelt Airport could become the first privately-owned airport in Canada if a $100 million development plan of a local businessman becomes a reality. Don Greer, president of Yrainucep Development Corp.

Well over 100 people crowded into the Seaside Centre Tuesday night to have their say on the proposed 343-home residential development slated for West Sechelt dubbed The Trails.

Raymond Irwin's date for setting a trial for second degree murder was adjourned this week in B.C. Supreme Court. Irwin is charged with the murder of his 53-year-old mother Mary Richards in 2004 in Langdale.

You've all heard of culture shock before, but did you ever think it could happen to you in your own country? For me, it happened in the vast land of Alberta. The weather in Cochrane was bitterly cold when we first arrived Nov.