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Decommissioned BC Ferries vessel sinks in Sechelt Inlet

Decommissioned BC Ferries vessel sinks in Sechelt Inlet

Coast Guard and Sunshine Coast RCMP responded to an activated SOS beacon on Nov. 4.
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Sechelt Hospital worker takes home dream prize

Sechelt Hospital worker takes home dream prize

Nicholas Boon, pharmacy manager at Sechelt Hospital, won the Sechelt Hospital Dream Getaway prize raffle on Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Gibsons Legion presents its first poppy

Gibsons Legion presents its first poppy

On Oct. 27 at 10 a.m., Steve Baker along with Legion executive members, Wilma Jones (second vice president), Keith Brind (executive member) and service officer Gary Singbiel presented the First Poppy to Gibsons Mayor Silas White.
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50 years of Remembrance on Wharf Avenue – one last poppy campaign from the old Legion site

50 years of Remembrance on Wharf Avenue – one last poppy campaign from the old Legion site

Poppy campaign begins in Sechelt
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Herring survey 2023 insights: A dive into Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound

Herring survey 2023 insights: A dive into Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound

Learn about the spring herring spawn survey, including sightings of northern anchovies. Explore the implications for marine conservation and research opportunities. 
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Food for thought: One Straw’s abundant projects enhance our food supply and our community

Food for thought: One Straw’s abundant projects enhance our food supply and our community

From its grassroots beginnings in the 1990s to its abundant projects of today, the One Straw Society has grown faster than your prize zucchini that sprouted two more inches one sunny afternoon. 
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Spotlight on Special O: Special O longtime coaches retiring

Spotlight on Special O: Special O longtime coaches retiring

Nights are cool. Special O is cooler!
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Opinion: Paddling Together – Indigenous health care and the Sunshine Coast

Opinion: Paddling Together – Indigenous health care and the Sunshine Coast

Golden Eagle Rising Society recently submitted a proposal to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) for a Longhouse-style, environmentally friendly cedar building that will house a culturally appropriate and trauma-informed service model
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Brad Wingfield named Sunshine Coast junior hockey team GM, head coach

Brad Wingfield named Sunshine Coast junior hockey team GM, head coach

When the Sunshine Coast’s Pacific Junior Hockey League team hits the ice next fall, a familiar face will be calling the shots. 
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Marion Crook's latest culture-rich mystery tangles with cutting-edge ills

Marion Crook's latest culture-rich mystery tangles with cutting-edge ills

Emma Dakin’s Shadows in Sussex launched on Oct. 21 with a fully-subscribed reading at the Gibsons Public Library. Emma Dakin is the pen name of Marion McKinnon Crook, who last year won the Lieutenant-Governor’s Community History Award for her memoir of nursing in B.C.’s Cariboo-Chilcotin, Always Pack a Candle. 
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