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Memorial Friday for Gibsons' Helen Alp

A treasure of Gibsons, Helen Alp a.k.a. the shopping cart lady, passed away on March 1 at St. Mary's Hospital. Alp suffered a stroke several weeks before and was being cared for at St.
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Funding for SAR and fisheries

Area member of Parliament John Weston said some elements of federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's recent budget has some impacts for the Sunshine Coast. Among the initiatives either expanded upon or newly created in the budget, presented Feb.
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Boater airlifted out of Jervis Inlet

First responders airlifted a seriously injured man from a beach in Jervis Inlet after the 24-year-old crashed his aluminum boat into a rocky shoreline on Feb. 27.
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Marine rescue crews receive First Aid training

Crew members from Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) station 12 (Halfmoon Bay) and station 14 (Gibsons) recently completed an advanced level of marine first aid and first responder training.
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Video kicks off public input for OCP

The Town of Gibsons is requesting input on 12 critical topics for the future of the Town.
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Lyle wins $80,000 Loran Scholar award

Elphinstone Secondary School's Clare Lyle came home from Toronto with an $80,000 scholarship after successfully wowing judges in five separate interviews during the weekend of Feb. 15.
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Affordable housing issues raised

Concerns over how the District of Sechelt leverages affordable housing from developers was the topic of discussion when a rezoning application for a clustered housing development on Tower Road came forward Feb. 19.
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Water rate hikes to vary under equity plan

Gibsons council is moving forward with a plan to raise water revenues by 10 per cent this year -but rate increases could range from three per cent for multi-family properties to 15 per cent for high-use industrial-commercial-institutional (ICI) prope
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Program gets Health Canada funding

The Roberts Creek Community School Society received some good news late last week as their proposal Mind the Gap - Building Bridges for Youth in Transition was approved for funding under the drug strategy community initiatives fund through Health Can
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SAR crews rescue three

Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue crews safely located a group of three teenagers Sunday afternoon in Tetrahedron Provincial Park. Search manager Alec Tebbutt said SAR was called around 9:30 a.m. when the three teens missed their check-in time.
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