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People and bears on the Sunshine Coast live in close proximity to each other.

Daniel Johnson is free on $2,500 bail after being arrested for allegedly trafficking cocaine in a downtown Sechelt park July 9. According to Const.

For years, mental health clients on the Sunshine Coast have been advocating for better treatment facilities and programs.In 2001 a group picketed St.

Provincial environmental investigators were onsite this week at Pan Pacific Aggregates' mine site in the Carlson Lake area.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors have decided to take Pan Pacific Aggregates to court over land use.

After six years of representing Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast Regional District Board, Celia Fisher has announced she won't run for re-election this November.

Protesters blockaded a Roberts Creek logging road for two days this week before reaching a negotiated agreement with the logging contractor, A&A Trading.

Like Olympians everywhere, Kevin Norman is proud of his medals. The wiry young man took two firsts in track and field events at the recent Special Olympics in Comox. Norman, 27, specializes in the 100 m run and the running long jump.

The founder of the Peace Walker Society is calling on the Coast community to join him in making origami peace cranes to honour the memory of a Hiroshima bombing victim.

On Wednesday night, residents, politicians and environmentalists packed into the Sechelt Seniors' Centre to rally together to voice concerns about Pan Pacific Aggregates' mine exploration and to plan their next steps in fighting the mine.