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SCRD directors look to the future of the regional growth strategy

SCRD directors look to the future of the regional growth strategy

How much population growth can be sustained on the Coast? That question and others will be in front of Sunshine Coast Regional District directors at a June 1 special committee meeting, as they consider moving forward with development of a regional growth strategy.
BC Ferries expects heavy volume during PRISMA event next month

BC Ferries expects heavy volume during PRISMA event next month

Customers encouraged to avoid high volume sailings due to Pacific Region International Summer Music Association event in Powell River
Gibsons aquarium launches its first Sunshine Coast Ocean Festival

Gibsons aquarium launches its first Sunshine Coast Ocean Festival

The Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre and Sunshine Coast Conservation Association will host a number of events leading up to World Ocean Day, June 8.
'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes

'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes

Health Canada's new regulations that require warning labels to be printed on individual cigarettes are set to come into effect this summer.
Care homes say agencies lure away nurses with higher pay

Care homes say agencies lure away nurses with higher pay

“Workers will leave their employer and work for several care homes on an ad hoc basis, or a care home will be forced to hire that same worker back at a much-higher rate”
Rob Shaw: Attorney general Niki Sharma earns the ear of tech on non-consensual online images

Rob Shaw: Attorney general Niki Sharma earns the ear of tech on non-consensual online images

Major industry players responding positively so far to the province's new law
Mining and conservation can go hand in hand, environment ministers say

Mining and conservation can go hand in hand, environment ministers say

“Climate change response requires us to be able to effectively and sustainably have a mining industry in Canada to secure those minerals that go to the solutions we require,” said Nathan Cullen.
B.C. forestry company said it had links to Asian conglomerate until 2015

B.C. forestry company said it had links to Asian conglomerate until 2015

Canada's largest forestry company denies current links with global giant Asia Pulp and Paper.
Canada Border Services Agency wins media Code of Silence Award

Canada Border Services Agency wins media Code of Silence Award

The award is being bestowed on the CBSA for the ArriveCAN app, and the costs associated with its rollout.
Debut poetry book for Bowen writer Emily Osborne

Debut poetry book for Bowen writer Emily Osborne

The Bowen author's foray into book writing began with a challenge - translating Old Norse Icelandic poems more than 1,000 years old