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To Jude Renaud, "just say know" is a more sensible slogan for drug education than "just say no.

On Feb. 11 the sporting community got together with business leaders and politicians at a workshop to discuss the Sunshine Coast's sport tourism industry.

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Pacific Unit 12 Halfmoon Bay (CCGA 12) was tasked to assist, along with four other Search and Rescue (SAR) and emergency medical services after a 40-year-old hiker on North Thormanby Island found himself pinned under a

Iona Campagnolo, lieutenant governor of B.C., encouraged Chatelech Secondary School students to aim high when she visited the school Feb. 10. "I think we are one of the most privileged people on the face of the Earth," Campagnolo told the students.

The Gibsons Area Community Centre Society (GACCS) will host an open house on Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Elphinstone Secondary School library to present conceptual drawings and a project progress report.

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) and Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) continue to work together to help protect the endangered Sakinaw Lake sockeye salmon.

Are you looking for a list of titles by your favourite author or a list of authors who write in a similar style and genre? "Gibsons and District Public Library (GDPL) has recently updated its library website at www.gdpl.scrd. bc.

Developer Doug Spani made a presentation to Sechelt's planning committee Tuesday detailing construction on a new Rockwood Annex building and a condominium project that would incorporate twin towers, each 12 storeys high, and two four-storey complexes

Bonnie Sherr Klein moved to B.C. after suffering a debilitating stroke in 1987 and finding much of her community in Montreal was not accessible to people with mobility problems. "I was housebound for at least six months of the year.

On Wednesday, Feb. 16, Coast gardeners will have a late but most agreeable Valentine pleasure as George Little and David Lewis, two artist-gardeners from Washington state, present an illustrated lecture at 1 p.m.