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Gumboot Nation: Potluck Christmas dinner to return

Gumboot Nation: Potluck Christmas dinner to return

Last Chance Christmas Craft Fair is this weekend
Halfmoon Happenings: Halfmoon Bay Nursery holds first Winter Market

Halfmoon Happenings: Halfmoon Bay Nursery holds first Winter Market

And, how to see this year’s Sail Pass on Dec. 17
Where to find mental health support this holiday season on the Sunshine Coast

Where to find mental health support this holiday season on the Sunshine Coast

Q: With the holiday season in mind, can you remind me of some mental health support out there for the community?
Obituary: Ryan Ronald Robinson

Obituary: Ryan Ronald Robinson

'Ryan was bigger than life. A fun, loving person who loved life to the fullest.'
Obituary: Jan Rowland

Obituary: Jan Rowland

'She loved and was loved by her neighbourhood of North Fletcher where she resided for 51 years. She enjoyed walks at Bonniebrook, watching the grandkids' hockey games and dance shows, and traveling to Palm Springs in the winters.'
Obituary: John 'Jay' Vogan

Obituary: John 'Jay' Vogan

'From his time working at Howe Sound to playing and coaching hockey, to his retirement hobbies, he was a man who made friends easily. He loved heading south in his RV every winter where he and Jan developed friendships with other RV'ers.'
Obituary: Sylvia Margaret Blackwell (née Ditchfield)

Obituary: Sylvia Margaret Blackwell (née Ditchfield)

'Sylvia’s flair, imagination and creativity were embodied by extraordinary cakes that graced the tables of thousands of homes and halls, celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms and weddings.'
Obituary: Kathleen Johnstone

Obituary: Kathleen Johnstone

'An avid reader who enjoyed knitting, quilting and her social bridge games. She was a patriotic Canadian and proud Scot. She loved life and her extended family.'
See Mars's close approach and a lunar occulation

See Mars's close approach and a lunar occulation

Mars: A world that might have been, now stripped by a solar wind
Ambassador of shíshálh Culture: kway?imin Andy Johnson shares language, songs and weaving techniques

Ambassador of shíshálh Culture: kway?imin Andy Johnson shares language, songs and weaving techniques

Whether he’s performing in the shíshálh long house or on the Lower Mainland, attending a language conference, or participating in a workshop on the U.S. west coast, the shíshálh Nation’s cultural ambassador kway?imin Andy Johnson is immersed in sharing his people’s identity and culture.