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Advocates urge safer supply at International Overdose Awareness Day event

Advocates urge safer supply at International Overdose Awareness Day event

“Auntie,” “mother,” “survivor,” read some of the dozens of stickies affixed to the wall at Mission Point House, denoting qualities of people lost to toxic drugs.
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Ruth Rodgers writes about Blackfoot gender identity

Ruth Rodgers writes about Blackfoot gender identity

Cultures exposed, developed in new historical fiction
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Archaeology powers connection, reconciliation on Lasqueti Island

Archaeology powers connection, reconciliation on Lasqueti Island

Project uncovers evidence of Indigenous settlement; oldest site about 7,000 years old, according to archaeologist
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The last Second World War veteran on the lower Sunshine Coast, has died

The last Second World War veteran on the lower Sunshine Coast, has died

With the passing of each of the last Canadian Second World War veterans, so die their stories.
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Spotlight on Special O: Registration for fall-winter season is Sept. 26

Spotlight on Special O: Registration for fall-winter season is Sept. 26

On your mark, get set…GOOOO SPECIAL O! The fall-winter 2024/25 season is once again upon us. On Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. athletes and volunteers will drop by SCACL offices on Mermaid Avenue in Sechelt to register for their fave sports.
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Good Birding: First ever black phoebe spotted on the Coast

Good Birding: First ever black phoebe spotted on the Coast

Also, brown pelican spotted roaming in late August
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Food security in the winter months: Beyond the Harvest Fall Fair is Sept 7

Food security in the winter months: Beyond the Harvest Fall Fair is Sept 7

Celebrate the summer harvest and check out how you can be food secure by growing at home, indoors and outdoors in the winter.
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Gumboot Nation: Help maintain the Legacy Gardens

Gumboot Nation: Help maintain the Legacy Gardens

Also, a recipe for wild blueberry lemon and walnut conserve
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Was that a bear trap in Sechelt last weekend?

Was that a bear trap in Sechelt last weekend?

Wildlife conservation efforts ramp up with 'dedicated wildlife attractant enforcement blitz'
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Maurice Spira artworks reflect lived experience head-on: GPAG exhibition

Maurice Spira artworks reflect lived experience head-on: GPAG exhibition

The opening on Aug. 31 of an exhibition spanning four decades of portraiture by Maurice Spira, drew a crowd of familiar faces — and not only because so many of the admirers who packed the Gibsons Public Art Gallery are neighbours or friends of the Roberts Creek-based artist.  
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