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Students from Elphinstone Secondary School will be heading out for their fourth annual Food Drive Blitz next week to help out the Elves Club Food Drive. Students will be hitting the neighbourhoods all over Gibsons and Elphinstone on Wednesday, Dec.

Cancer patients in rural and remote areas of British Columbia seeking integrated care will soon have access to a virtual program, the first of its kind in North America.

Thomas Mulcair, the New Democrats first elected member of Parliament in Quebec, and now a front-runner in the federal leadership race will visit the Sunshine Coast on Dec. 7. The NDP will host Mulcair at a public reception from 7 to 9 p.m.

The Sunshine Coast Clean Air Society received a $25,000 grant from the wood stove exchange program to encourage residents to trade in their smoky old wood stoves for a high-efficiency model or other clean-burning appliance, Environment Minister Terry

The B.C. New Democrats will host a federal NDP leadership town hall at its 50th anniversary convention last this month. "B.C.

The Sunshine Coast Clean Air Society received a $25,000 grant from the wood stove exchange program to encourage residents to trade in their smoky old wood stoves for a high-efficiency model or other clean-burning appliance, Environment Minister Terry

A meeting of the infrastructure services committee on Nov. 18 was the chance for directors to look at the progress of developing the source assessment response plan (SARP) for Chapman Creek.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have recently seen a spike in motor vehicle collisions, involving either a single or multiple vehicles.

The results are in for the Gambier Island local trustees election, and incumbent Jan Hagedorn will be joined by newcomer Kate-Louise Stamford. It was a close race that saw Hagedorn secure 136 votes and Stamford 126 in the preliminary results.

As the Town of Gibsons welcomes a new mayor, it's the end of an era for residents and for Barry Janyk, who held the chair for four terms.