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When will the Cliff Gilker playing fields reopen?

When will the Cliff Gilker playing fields reopen?

'A full recovery of the sports field asset will not happen without a prolonged closure...as well as an extensive turf recovery program' staff report says and recommends delay of recovery work to 2024.
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Writer’s snapshots suggest sacred stories at the Roberts Creek Library

Writer’s snapshots suggest sacred stories at the Roberts Creek Library

Jane Covernton’s photography featured at community library
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Elphinstone Chronicles: Let’s make a racket for our watershed

Elphinstone Chronicles: Let’s make a racket for our watershed

Analysing response to BCTS’s 200-page Mount Elphinstone Watershed assessment, and what’s next
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Good Birding: Warm weather brings tsunami of migrant birds

Good Birding: Warm weather brings tsunami of migrant birds

Including a small number of unexpected visitors
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Trio of artists shape unexpected harmonies at GPAG

Trio of artists shape unexpected harmonies at GPAG

Subtle connections between the works of three artists now featured at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery materialized only once the exhibits were arrayed on the walls.
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Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society helps beaver hit by car

Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society helps beaver hit by car

PROWLS: Rescue of the week
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Art Beat: Canadian artists elevate Gibsons' Elizabeth Evans

Art Beat: Canadian artists elevate Gibsons' Elizabeth Evans

Late last month, Gibsons artist Elizabeth Evans received the prestigious 'associate' designation from the Federation of Canadian Artists at a ceremony that took place at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island.
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'A lot closer than expected': Squamish boaters spot orcas in Howe Sound

'A lot closer than expected': Squamish boaters spot orcas in Howe Sound

Check out these cool videos taken Friday.
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'It was very cool': Orca breaching mid-air captured on camera near Powell River

'It was very cool': Orca breaching mid-air captured on camera near Powell River

The orca was breaching over and over.
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Sunshine Coast ballerina makes leap to London

Sunshine Coast ballerina makes leap to London

Eibhlin Minatsis, who is still in her senior year of high school, has been selected to attend the English National Ballet School in the U.K.
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