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Pool closures coming for the Sunshine Coast

Pool closures coming for the Sunshine Coast

The pool closures are scheduled to ensure that at least two pools are open to the public at any one time
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Earth Day is celebrated today around the world and in qathet

Earth Day is celebrated today around the world and in qathet

Sounds of a wetland can be heard over airwaves at CJMP, qathet's community radio station or live-streamed
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Ottawa wins code of silence award for residential school inaction

Ottawa wins code of silence award for residential school inaction

Canadian residential school survivors and families still have to fight to have death records released despite Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations.
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Judge bans woman from Sunshine Coast after assault at Friendship Park

Judge bans woman from Sunshine Coast after assault at Friendship Park

Dawn Krista Kossey pleaded guilty to assaulting a youth and causing a disturbance at Friendship Park last July
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B.C. port suing for alleged harbour pollution remediation

B.C. port suing for alleged harbour pollution remediation

The claim alleges a Nanaimo shipyard operation led to contaminants being released onto Newcastle Island Passage property from 1991 to 2014.
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B.C. nurse disciplined for medication, assessment issues

B.C. nurse disciplined for medication, assessment issues

James Wallace of Trail has had limits put on his nursing practice and ordered to take remedial education.
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Kisses and Kicks: Kisses to the man picking up garbage on Marine Drive

Kisses and Kicks: Kisses to the man picking up garbage on Marine Drive

Here are the good deeds (and not so good deeds) that happened in our Coast community this week!
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Swiss family sues B.C. companies after heli-skiing fatality

Swiss family sues B.C. companies after heli-skiing fatality

The lawsuit said Dr. Rupert Diesch died on April 11, 2023 as a result of an avalanche while heli-skiing on Brucejack Peak, north of Stewart, B.C.
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Close to $1 million boost for Coast wildfire risk reduction

Close to $1 million boost for Coast wildfire risk reduction

Through the Sunshine Coast Community Forest, $400,000 will be invested in development of fuel management prescriptions and $566,812 for on-the-ground treatments.
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Transit funding, dock costs and rezoning: April 10 SCRD meeting highlights

Transit funding, dock costs and rezoning: April 10 SCRD meeting highlights

Committee and board meeting agendas were lighter than usual, as elected officials were set to travel to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Association convention in Nanaimo April 11 to 13.
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