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How many species would appear for a Scottish guest on a deadline?

If you turn off the Sunshine Coast Highway near Middlepoint and wind your way down a driveway into the forest, past a garden patch, over a bridge and past a rustic cottage, you will find a designer home, nestled in trees but with a gorgeous south-west view to the ocean and the Vancouver Island mountains far beyond. It’s the dream home of Koen Drugmand and the late Din Ruttelynck, both European-trained architects and both with a love of the natural wildness of the Coast.

Next month, my grandmother—whom I affectionately call Babcia, a tribute to our Polish roots—will celebrate her 97th birthday. She lives in a senior living facility in London, Ontario.

Terry Fox began his renowned cross-Canada run on April 12, 1980, hoping to reach the Pacific Ocean. He was forced to stop outside Thunder Bay, Ontario on Sept. 1 after cancer returned to his lungs. He had run 5,373 kilometres.

Seniors For Climate is a new national organization of Canadian seniors who are alarmed at the tepid pace that our respective governments, at all levels, are addressing the climate crisis. Seniors for Climate has chosen Oct.

Also, Volunteers needed for community development forum

Also, PHARA all candidates meeting is Oct. 8 forum

Sunshine Coast Grandmothers and Grand Others is hosting an art sale, auction fundraiser at Rockwood Lodge, Sechelt, Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Despite torrential rain, shrieks of laughter and corn husk bucket-side chats marked the successful return of a Quebecois harvest tradition after a pandemic hiatus, on Sept. 13.

In homage to a species whose numbers are on the increase throughout the Sunshine Coast, the Gambier Island Art Hive have erected slightly oversized sculptures of a Roosevelt elk bull and cow.