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Opinion: As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters

Opinion: As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters

High-risk, high-uncertainty events like earthquakes tend to fall out of view when we are occupied with more predictable seasonal events like wildfires, which have very visible effects on our lives.
Damage to luxury handbag costs B.C. woman $1,468

Damage to luxury handbag costs B.C. woman $1,468

A woman borrowed her friend's luxury chain wallet handbag to go to Dubai.
Paddling for the planet this weekend: Megan and Cody

Paddling for the planet this weekend: Megan and Cody

May long weekend brings Phase 3 and the big push to get donations for the planet. Cody and Megan will be kayaking along the Sunshine Coast to bring awareness to the environment and help two organizations become greener and clean up the planet.
Bowen Island artist honoured with provincial Community Award

Bowen Island artist honoured with provincial Community Award

Simon Daniel James is a 2023 Community Award recipient for his positive impact on local artwork and guidance work with young students
Nearly 40% of land burned in B.C., U.S. wildfires linked to carbon pollution

Nearly 40% of land burned in B.C., U.S. wildfires linked to carbon pollution

The first of its kind study, which stretched from B.C. and Alberta to the U.S.-Mexico border, found major fossil fuel emitters were responsible for nearly half the increase in fire prone conditions since 1901.
Public session scheduled for proposed Connor Park hall

Public session scheduled for proposed Connor Park hall

A new location graphic for the proposed community hall project in Connor Park shows less impact on park forested areas and white pine trees than in the siting proposal circulated during the regional district's project “community check-in” in December 2022.
Obituary: Ruth Vaughan Houle

Obituary: Ruth Vaughan Houle

'Over the years, Ruth devoted boundless energy to the causes she believed in, including the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor the New Democratic Party (NDP), Amnesty International, the United Church and, animal welfare and environmental causes.'
Perspectives: Inside a Coast encampment

Perspectives: Inside a Coast encampment

‘We’ve got people here who are just trying to live’
Kisses and Kicks: May 19

Kisses and Kicks: May 19

Here are the good deeds (and not so good deeds) that happened in our Coast community this week!
Obituary: Edith A. Glass

Obituary: Edith A. Glass

'She will be fondly remembered by all that met her, and greatly missed by her family.'