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This past July, judges Barb Jordan and Debbie Chaffee from Communities in Bloom (CIB) British Columbia came to Gibsons to evaluate the town. Gibsons entered the CIB program on a participation level in early May of this year.

The Sunshine Coast Hospice Society officially opened the doors to its new hospice facility in Shorncliffe last week. The society started in 1987 and since then has grown in strength.

The fifth annual Pender Harbour Fall Faire is almost upon us. It happens in Madeira Park on the first Saturday of every October, in this case, Oct. 1. Preparations are underway for the harvest exhibit, which will be held at the Legion from 11 a.m.

Stigmas around mental illness were joked about, laughed at and disproved at Stand Up For Mental Health, a two-hour show at the Heritage Playhouse featuring 10 comics poking fun at their own experiences with mental illness.

Tomorrow (Sept. 24), popular Vancouver garden teacher and author Judy Newton will demonstrate new ways to make beautiful arrangements from what's growing in your fall garden.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is proposing to increase the rockfish conservation areas closed to fishing by 20 per cent along the Georgia Strait to protect low levels of rockfish.

Gibsons' public works superintendent Greg Foss is this year's public work manager of the year. Foss received the award from his peers at the annual conference of the Public Works Association of B.C. (PWABC) in Salmon Arm last week.

The Coast community, including residents, local politicians, environmentalists and forest recreation users, streamed in to a public forum last Thursday with B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS).

Twelve-year-old student Daniella Donati wants to help stop poverty. She's organized a benefit concert to raise money for the cause on Oct. 9 at the Roberts Creek Hall from 2 to 7 p.m.

Both Telus and the Telecommunications Work-ers Union (TWU) have increased their manpower on the Coast since their labour dispute began in July.