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Sechelt landfill expansion: top 'technical' option for Coast’s future garbage

Sechelt landfill expansion: top 'technical' option for Coast’s future garbage

If technical fit was the deciding factor to select a future Coast garbage disposal option, expansion of the existing landfill would be Tony Sperling of Sperling Hansen Associates recommendation to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).
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Keith Julius elected as new councillor for shíshálh Nation

Keith Julius elected as new councillor for shíshálh Nation

More than 220 votes were cast in the byelection to appoint a new hihewus (councillor)
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Tla’amin Nation reacts to city councillor’s use of language

Tla’amin Nation reacts to city councillor’s use of language

Jim Palm’s comment was wholly inappropriate, says hegus John Hackett
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'We had to count the zeros': Lower Mainland couple win big on Lotto 6/49

'We had to count the zeros': Lower Mainland couple win big on Lotto 6/49

The horse-loving duo describe the win as surreal.
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Gambier declines to join B.C. STR regulations, for now

Gambier declines to join B.C. STR regulations, for now

Memo on B.C. housing statute changes presented to Gambier Island Local Trust Committee
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'Zombie deer disease' sends biologists on a hunt for answers

'Zombie deer disease' sends biologists on a hunt for answers

The fatal degenerative brain disease is spread in deer, elk and moose. Crucially, say some conservationists, it could impact endangered caribou.
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Letters: SCRD, look at serious budget prioritization

Letters: SCRD, look at serious budget prioritization

'Heading into the second round of budget discussions on Feb. 5, we are at risk of just piling on more and more, pushing the budget and our taxes up, and spreading SCRD staff time and energy more thinly, with more burnout and less focus on important priorities like water and waste disposal. '
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Rob Shaw: Solving B.C.’s safe supply problem requires a dispassionate third party

Rob Shaw: Solving B.C.’s safe supply problem requires a dispassionate third party

Politicians, health experts at odds over what to do next
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Obituary: Norma J. Mitravitz

Obituary: Norma J. Mitravitz

'Our mom had many passions in life - the love for all animals and birds, gardening, painting, drawing, wood working, sewing her kids clothes in the middle of the night, piano and wrapping her loved ones up (sometimes only with words due to distance) in a warm fluffy blanket when sick or feeling down.'
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Letters: Regulate the decibels of outdoor appliances

Letters: Regulate the decibels of outdoor appliances

'For instance, Vancouver has limitations on decibel sound and requires installation of rubber mats and sound mitigating foam or blankets. Nanaimo regulates their siting and they must be located several metres from property lines; Maple Ridge doesn’t allow units to be installed in the side yard between houses.'
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