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BC Liquor Store customers donated more than $217,000 to support Red Cross relief efforts in the Philippines. One hundred per cent of these funds have been forwarded to the Canadian Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund.

When Capilano University ran into a deficit and was forced to cut programs this year, it wasn't just a story about budgets and numbers. It touched off a conversation about whether the school had lost its way.

Funds for the Davis Bay Wharf project have been quietly growing during the past few months with 70 per cent of the $600,000 needed now confirmed.

The Sechelt fire department is reminding Coast residents to dispose of ashes properly after soot cleaned from a chimney started a house fire in West Sechelt on Dec. 21.

The sometimes-segregated Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) employees on the Coast came together around a common theme recently and danced their way to unity.

An industrial property in the Port Mellon area could be the site of a large-scale medical marijuana production facility if the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board approves the property owner's application for a zoning bylaw amendment.

The 211 information and referral line will be launched on the Sunshine Coast in February, a bc211 spokesman confirmed last week.

An honest, heartfelt action by a North Vancouver resident made Christmas that much easier for a Sunshine Coast couple. On Monday evening, Dec.

Roberts Creek resident Barry Cavens was honoured last month for a career dedicated to excellence in gas safety. Cavens, 71, was one of six recipients at the BC Safety Authority's eighth annual Lieutenant Governor Safety Awards luncheon, held Dec.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Dec. 18 to 30: On Dec. 18, a thief stole a green in colour Yamaha 450 Kodiak ATV from a residence near Carlson Point in Halfmoon Bay.