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Letters: Why don’t we talk about FASD?

Letters: Why don’t we talk about FASD?

'I am saddened that this disability seems to be shunned because of a stigma.'
L.R. Wright whodunnit TV show to shoot on the Sunshine Coast

L.R. Wright whodunnit TV show to shoot on the Sunshine Coast

From 1985 to 2000, Laurali Rose Wright published nine novels set in Sechelt that feature RCMP staff sergeant Karl Alberg. Alberg’s romantic interest, Cassandra Mitchell, is a bibliophile and librarian. Wright’s subsequent books revolved around a new protagonist but were also set on the Sunshine Coast. 
Spotlight on Special O: Athletes, new and returning, back at it

Spotlight on Special O: Athletes, new and returning, back at it

Also, coaches weigh in on what coaching means to them
Pender Harbour has a new Storybook Forest

Pender Harbour has a new Storybook Forest

The Storybook Walk is intended to create opportunities for children and their families to read and stay active. 
Gibsons council requests adjustments to proposed development on Marine Drive

Gibsons council requests adjustments to proposed development on Marine Drive

Council also opted to ask for cash in lieu of the reduced parking space
Dialogues about colonial influence in art coming up on the Sunshine Coast

Dialogues about colonial influence in art coming up on the Sunshine Coast

'A lot of people are wanting to get a better understanding of words like colonization and decolonization and how we can equip people to have a better sense of knowing': Art Talks: Colonial Symptoms + Decolonizing Practices series starts Oct. 8
Film festival features premieres for Sunshine Coast directors

Film festival features premieres for Sunshine Coast directors

The world premiere of a documentary movie about the evolution of self-identity and intergenerational healing will lead a one-day film festival that opens the Sechelt Arts Festival on Oct. 13.
Art Beat: Siblings playing in harmony

Art Beat: Siblings playing in harmony

The Coast Recital Society plans to present the remarkable Cheng² Duo in concert on Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m.
How to be bear aware this fall on the Sunshine Coast

How to be bear aware this fall on the Sunshine Coast

Over the winter, bears may lose over 30 per cent of their bodyweight. In order to prepare, bears enter into period called hyperphagia from late August to November.
BC Ferries cancels morning sailings on Powell River/Comox route

BC Ferries cancels morning sailings on Powell River/Comox route

Insufficient number of available crew members results in October 7 cancellations