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Do you know what your kids are doing on a Friday night? Ask them! For Sunshine Coast Youth aged 13 to 18, Nights Alive provides a safe alternative to the stereotypical Friday night street scene.

After almost two years of community effort, the Egmont and District Volunteer Fire Department is becoming a reality. The aim is to have a functioning fire department in the spring of 2006.

A Powell River man died in a horrific crash in Davis Bay Wednesday night. His pickup truck jumped a concrete barrier and hit a tree so hard that the truck was smashed to pieces and the tree was uprooted. The driver died immediately from the impact.

Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series on youth, drugs and alcohol on the Sunshine Coast.

The Creek collected coins and cash totalling well over $12,000 for tsunami relief efforts last weekend.

The Travel Ambassadors' Program of the Gibsons and District Chamber of Commerce welcomes visitors travelling on the B.C. Ferries Horseshoe Bay/Langdale route to the Sunshine Coast.

"Be prepared, not scared" is the motto of the Sunshine Coast Emergency Preparedness Program (SCEPP). Coordinator Bob Stubbings said it's up to individuals to be prepared for the numerous disasters that could take place on the Coast.

For everyone who is tired of toting around a wallet packed with cards of every description, there is good news from your local public library.

Teacher Barry Krangle struggles to slide a 125-pound bin of coins to students waiting for the chance to roll the money and send it where it's needed.

Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series on youth and drugs on the Sunshine Coast.