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A Halfmoon Bay man has been awarded $785,000 in damages by the B.C. Supreme Court following a vicious baseball bat assault in 2002.Michael Allen Matthew, 25, and 19 at the time of the assault, was rushed to Lion's Gate Hospital Jan.

Sunshine Coast teens Oliver Gidora and Kiel Strang are ready to take on the world - again. Their robotics team, RCXRM, has been crowned the Washington State Robotics Champions, which qualifies them for the world championship.

Shannon Bond/Staff Writer British Columbians will do more than choose a provincial government on May 12. They will also vote on a referendum to change or maintain the electoral process.

Alberta poet Alice Major will read in the Doris Crowston Gallery of the Sunshine CoastArts Centre in Sechelt, 8 p.m.,Friday, March 20.Named the city of Edmonton's first poet laureate in July 2005, Major has lived in Edmonton since 1981.

The Ryan Dempster Field of Dreams could have a massive facelift courtesy of the Gibsons Minor Baseball Association (GMBA) and the hometown hero himself.

Economic woes have played out harshly at Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) mill as the company announced Wednesday that 101 employees will lose their livelihoods.

The Sunshine Coast is one of 16 successful communities across the province to be awarded a grant in the latest round of the Welcoming and Inclusive Communities and Workplaces Program.

A piece of Roberts Creek history will be unveiled to the public this Saturday (March 7) at the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives during a special exhibit from 2 to 4 p.m. at the museum located at 716 Winn Rd. in Gibsons.

A heated and political debate that divided a community over a proposed fish processing plant may not be over.

A 31-year-old Sunshine Coast man is lucky to be alive according to police after a serious accident early Saturday morning. Police say just after 2 a.m.