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Students are back in the halls and the leaves are changing, but that doesn't mean the fun can't continue. Elphinstone Secondary School presents its third annual Fall Fun Fest on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Has this ever happened to you? You're standing in front of a microphone, you've been thinking of what you're going to say all day, maybe all month.

After one year in operation the CAT scanner has turned out to be all the medical community on the Coast hoped for and more. The great white machine is a diagnostic godsend to doctors practicing on the Sunshine Coast. And on Sept.

Greg Amos, Staff Writer After trying to regain entry into the federal Liberal party that ousted him last November, local member of Parliament Blair Wilson has joined the federal Green party.

As D'Arcy Davis-Case unloaded her armload of things onto the table at the Gumboot Café, a photo of a nude hippie wearing nothing but a strategically placed giant cauliflower landed face up. "Oops, better turn that over," she laughed.

Do you want to be part of the largest fundraising campaign in support of animals in BC? Then join the 2008 Scotiabank & BC SPCA Paws for a Cause Walk for the Animals on Sept. 14.

An earthquake has devastated the Sunshine Coast. Ferry transportation is cut off and the grocery stores - those that have not been destroyed - have a limited supply of food and water.

A plan by Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) to incinerate garbage to produce power for sale to the B.C. grid continues to sit on the back burner.

Back to school is not just for kids. Lifelong learners 55 and older are invited to attend a preview of courses they might enjoy at Capilano University, 5627 Inlet Ave., on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m.

The Sunshine Coast can now say it has a university on its shores, and Sept. 2, 2008 started off the first class of potential university graduates.Dean Jean Bennett said this is an exciting time with possibilities for growth.