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BoC expected to hold key interest rate steady at 5% amid 'sluggish' economy

BoC expected to hold key interest rate steady at 5% amid 'sluggish' economy

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is widely expected to hold its key interest rate steady on Wednesday as the Canadian economy bends to higher interest rates and inflation resumes its downward trend.
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Letter: Airbnb crackdown is nothing more than vote buying

Letter: Airbnb crackdown is nothing more than vote buying

New short-term rental rules are a thinly veiled attempt to shuffle the blame and responsibility for providing rental housing to British Columbians, this letter writer says
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Canucks Alumni team to visit the Coast in December for Charity Classic

Canucks Alumni team to visit the Coast in December for Charity Classic

The Dec. 2 game will be a fundraiser for the Sunshine Coast Junior Hockey Society's efforts to get facilities ready for the September 2024 launch of the Coast's new junior hockey team.
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Will Halfmoon Bay have two community halls?

Will Halfmoon Bay have two community halls?

More details are to come before the end of the year
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43 years after Canadian airman helped rescue doomed sailor, they meet for the first time

43 years after Canadian airman helped rescue doomed sailor, they meet for the first time

‘I believed I was going to die,’ says Yves Le Cornec. He was clinging to a raft in the Atlantic after his sailboat capsized.
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Revised ferry schedule Saturday night for Sunshine Coast, Nanaimo

Revised ferry schedule Saturday night for Sunshine Coast, Nanaimo

Sailings between Horseshoe Bay and the Sunshine Coast and Nanaimo Saturday, Oct. 21 will run on a revised schedule because of insufficient crewing for the Queen of Coquitlam, according to a service notice released at 4:17 p.m.
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Letter: More reservoir details needed before proceeding, Mayor John Henderson says

Letter: More reservoir details needed before proceeding, Mayor John Henderson says

'What is surprising is that all of these initiatives have been done without the SCRD board and the public receiving any technical information on this project from the shíshálh or their technical consultants. No feasibility studies, no operating cost projections, and no details of the capital costs and works involved!'
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Fundraiser launched for young boy killed while cycling to school in Pitt Meadows

Fundraiser launched for young boy killed while cycling to school in Pitt Meadows

Police say his death is a "tragic and devastating loss for our community."
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Blues bring home gold, silver from Thanksgiving tourneys

Blues bring home gold, silver from Thanksgiving tourneys

The U15A and U13A Sunshine Coast Blues teams brought home gold medals this past Thanksgiving weekend. U15A attended the 25th Annual Larry Orr Memorial Tournamnent in Victoria.
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Storm triumph in Richmond

Storm triumph in Richmond

This past sunny Thanksgiving weekend, our Sunshine Coast Youth Soccer Association (SCYSA) U18 Boys Rep soccer team plus some guest players from U16 boys and a U18 girl, participated in an exciting tournament in Richmond.
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