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Urgent fixes to the North and South Pender Harbour water service were highlighted in the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) pre-budget talks last week. The projects were introduced in advance of round one of budget talks, slated for January.

A North Vancouver man is dead and a man from the Sunshine Coast is recovering in hospital after a head-on collision on Highway 1 at Mountain Highway on Saturday night.

A handful of protesters withstood Monday evening’s chill to show their support for members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), who were forced back on the job following the Nov.

The District of Sechelt has announced the Sechelt Visitor Information Centre (VIC), located at the Seaside Centre downtown, will close at the end of the month.

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Last week Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors took their first crack at the 2019 budget, deliberating on funding requests, analyzing next year’s crop of projects and looking ahead at tax implications, among other considerations.

A Forest Practices Board (FPB) audit is giving A&A Trading Ltd. and Terminal Forest Products Ltd. full marks for their work on the Sunshine Coast.

Santa and his helpers made things merry at the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden on Sunday, Dec. 2 at the annual Woodland Christmas event. See more photos from the event in our online galleries at www.coastreporter.net/photos-videos

The Sechelt Festival of Lights has set a record, with 35 parade entrants lighting up the evening of Dec. 1 for more than 1,000 onlookers who lined downtown streets.

The Tim Hortons/Wendy’s Festival of Lights opening ceremony in Gibsons included a carol sing-along with the BUGS, festival lightning countdown by Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish, and a performance by The Coast String Fiddlers.