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Elphinstone Chronicles: Cycling slow, smashing records

Elphinstone Chronicles: Cycling slow, smashing records

TraC’s July Slow Food Cycle wildly successful for visitors and visitees
Sunshine Coast teen dancers bound into L.A. limelight

Sunshine Coast teen dancers bound into L.A. limelight

Andrea Villanueva, a Grade 12 student at Chatelech Secondary School and a dancer with Sechelt’s Coast Academy of Dance and Performing Arts, was selected to attend last month’s Liberate Artists workshops after appearing in the Star Talent dance competition in Burnaby this spring. Connor Dixon, a Grade 11 student at Elphinstone Secondary and a performer with the Gibsons Dance Centre, earned his way during another Star Talent contest in Langley. 
Opinion: How language can turn down the temperature of heated climate change discourse

Opinion: How language can turn down the temperature of heated climate change discourse

Language is adaptive, self-balancing and evolves with environmental change. Understanding this may be the key to improving the conversation around climate change.
Seamstress's creative flair continues into ninth decade

Seamstress's creative flair continues into ninth decade

Gerda Swift created glamorous gowns in the 1950s and 1960s. Today she’s still sewing for a North Vancouver seniors centre, creating children’s clothes from donated fabric.
Letters: Stop orca tailgating in Howe Sound

Letters: Stop orca tailgating in Howe Sound

'The rules about harassing these endangered whales are straightforward and common sense: stay out of their way, keep at least two football fields away at all times, and don’t harass them.'
BC Ferries cancels sailings between Texada and Powell River

BC Ferries cancels sailings between Texada and Powell River

Two early morning round-trips on August 13 will not run as scheduled
B.C. moves closer to gig worker protection laws

B.C. moves closer to gig worker protection laws

British Columbia’s labour minister plans to soon pass new laws guaranteeing basic pay, rights and protections for tens of thousands of gig workers.
Just ask Angie: What’s the deal with BC Hydro’s air conditioner program?

Just ask Angie: What’s the deal with BC Hydro’s air conditioner program?

Q: How do I get a free or cheap air conditioner from BC Hydro?
B.C. midwife stripped of credentials after infant's death

B.C. midwife stripped of credentials after infant's death

BC midwife loses registration over tragic failure to 'consult a physician in a timely manner'
Police arrest 'grossly intoxicated' kayakers in B.C. lake

Police arrest 'grossly intoxicated' kayakers in B.C. lake

RCMP said both men were fortunate to not have fallen off their boats as they were not wearing life-jackets.