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Here's how water bills will be calculated for North and South Pender

Here's how water bills will be calculated for North and South Pender

Mock billing starts this year and actual volumetric billing starts next year for the North and South Pender Water Systems. Each connection will have a base charge that gives them a 500-litre-a-day allowance.
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Friends identify victims in Horseshoe Bay bus crash

Friends identify victims in Horseshoe Bay bus crash

The community is rallying to support the family with a GoFundMe and memorial outside the ferry terminal.
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SCRD to explore 'high quality, high groundwater flow' hospital well feasibility

SCRD to explore 'high quality, high groundwater flow' hospital well feasibility

The $864,550 previously budgeted for the now abandoned Gray Creek intake project will be redirected to studying the potentially prolific well.
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Pender Harbour Health Centre director outlines cost crunches in five-year financial plan

Pender Harbour Health Centre director outlines cost crunches in five-year financial plan

The centre is looking for SCRD support for re-roofing their nearly 50-year-old building.
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Gibsons extends public input deadline for climate action plan

Gibsons extends public input deadline for climate action plan

Residents have an extra week to share their thoughts on Gibsons innovative approach
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Stanley Cup officials include Powell River Minor Hockey alumnus

Stanley Cup officials include Powell River Minor Hockey alumnus

Trent Knorr one of four linespersons selected by National Hockey League for final series
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qathet resident starts campaign to get grizzly relocated

qathet resident starts campaign to get grizzly relocated

Conservation officers on Texada Island keeping an eye on 'Tex'
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Letters: Gibsons church has been valued part of community

Letters: Gibsons church has been valued part of community

'The current application does not request a change to the existing C-5 zoning, but rather a modest, unit-specific amendment to allow religious assembly in a single suite. This thoughtful approach preserves the broader zoning intent while recognizing a long-standing, beneficial community use.'
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What's in the works for the 'public limousine' service on the Sunshine Coast?

What's in the works for the 'public limousine' service on the Sunshine Coast?

A first-of-its-kind intergovernmental meeting on transit for the Sunshine Coast Thursday included details of an overflow bus for Route 90 at the Langdale terminal, 30-minute service intervals on the Langdale/Sechelt express and handyDART expansion.
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Texada Island residents attempting unsanctioned grizzly bear relocation

Texada Island residents attempting unsanctioned grizzly bear relocation

A group of concerned residents on Texada Island is attempting to privately relocate a grizzly bear. The plan is not sanctioned by the Conservation Officer Service or the province.
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