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Letter: Try a positive spin on beach use signage

Letter: Try a positive spin on beach use signage

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Reliability, affordability top customer concerns in BC Ferries survey

Reliability, affordability top customer concerns in BC Ferries survey

After consulting over 9,400 people, BC Ferries commits to enhancing service reliability and integrating with BC's growing transportation needs
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Southern resident killer whales face extinction in 75-100 years, study predicts

Southern resident killer whales face extinction in 75-100 years, study predicts

More must be done to protect their habitat and prey to stop the orcas' decline, researchers say.
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Powell River RCMP, SAR team help locate canoeist

Powell River RCMP, SAR team help locate canoeist

Family concerned after check-ins stopped during navigation of canoe route
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Paddle Club becomes Ocean Plastics Depot member

Paddle Club becomes Ocean Plastics Depot member

Gibsons Paddle Club promotes the sport of outrigger canoeing, which means our members are on the water several times a week. Paddlers see all kinds of nature, but also floating debris such as Styrofoam, plastic, rope, and other assorted marine items.
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Sechelt's OCP review focuses on engaging residents

Sechelt's OCP review focuses on engaging residents

‘I don't think planning needs to be boring and stuffy, and I think if we can make it a little bit fun, we're going to have an easier time getting people out’: Coun. Alton Toth
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Sechelt family witnesses stranded orca on Vancouver Island

Sechelt family witnesses stranded orca on Vancouver Island

The McPherson family spent part of their spring break trying to help a killer whale mother and her calf
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Ice arena water project’s next phases receive tentative support from Sechelt

Ice arena water project’s next phases receive tentative support from Sechelt

With a $63,000 investment from the Growing Communities Fund, the SCRD plans a viability study for the Sunshine Coast Arena's potential new water source
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handyDART service, passenger 'training' expanding on the lower Sunshine Coast

handyDART service, passenger 'training' expanding on the lower Sunshine Coast

According to BCT’s Rod Ringma, training can help locals who currently don’t believe they can use conventional buses to discover that is possible. 
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ELF blockades Joe Smith Creek cutblock access road

ELF blockades Joe Smith Creek cutblock access road

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) says that about 10 individuals have blockaded vehicle access on the spur road leading to BC Timber Sales (BCTS) TA0521 area, which is also known as the Joe Smith Creek cutblock.
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