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Good Birding: What are the new(er) bird species to the Sunshine Coast?

Good Birding: What are the new(er) bird species to the Sunshine Coast?

The Sunshine Coast has gained four species in recent decades
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Bears' Lair founder brings knowledge to annual Indigenous business conference

Bears' Lair founder brings knowledge to annual Indigenous business conference

TV show founder and former Squamish Nation development officer Geena Jackson will be a key speaker at the annual event
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Sunshine Coast weather: Cool, cloudy conditions

Sunshine Coast weather: Cool, cloudy conditions

Weatherhood shows the remainder of this week on the Sunshine Coast set to see a combo of rain, cloud and cool daytime conditions, with highs of 12C to 16C. Single digit overnight low temperature are forecast in the 6C to 9C range.
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Shooting concludes for Sunshine Coast TV murder series

Shooting concludes for Sunshine Coast TV murder series

Over the past five months, 'Murder in a Small Town' has been a part of local life as the L.R. Wright adaptation filmed all around the southern Coast.
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Sunshine Coast Slow Food Ride registration opens May 20

Sunshine Coast Slow Food Ride registration opens May 20

Transportation Choices Sunshine Coast’s (TraC) second annual Sunshine Coast Slow Food Ride, scheduled for Sunday, July 28, is fast approaching! This year’s event promises to be even bigger and better than last year, with 16 venues partici
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Letters: Dispelling anxiety around food production water use

Letters: Dispelling anxiety around food production water use

'The majority of commercial food farms in the SCRD are in Elphinstone. We presently have about 10 acres being intensively farmed and irrigated for vegetable and fruits. A good estimate of our annual water use is around 6,000 cubic metres of water, (600 cubic metres per acre).'
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Letters: Don’t delay a water strategic plan for the Sunshine Coast

Letters: Don’t delay a water strategic plan for the Sunshine Coast

'I have been an SCRD taxpayer since 1974 and we’ve had a drinking water shortage since then.'
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Power surges through reborn sculptures at GPAG

Power surges through reborn sculptures at GPAG

Original creations by Sunshine Coast resident Carolina Franzen (also known by her professional sobriquet aC Hömmken) reveal new dimensions within the German-born artist’s nuanced worldview.
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ArtBeat: Making movies reel fast – Coasters in the 48 hour film competition

ArtBeat: Making movies reel fast – Coasters in the 48 hour film competition

Six teenaged filmmakers from Elphinstone Secondary School were the sole Sunshine Coast team to compete in the Run N Gun 48-hour Film Competition that began on May 10.
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Winsome artists in spotlight at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts closer

Winsome artists in spotlight at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts closer

A multidisciplinary concert and distribution of over 60 scholarships and awards before a capacity audience on May 11 brought the golden anniversary of the Sunshine Coast’s longest-running festival to a resounding conclusion.
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