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Impaired driving files rose 350% in Gibsons last quarter

Impaired driving files rose 350% in Gibsons last quarter

From October to December 2022 there were 18 impaired driving files in Gibsons compared to four in the same period the year before.
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Loon Foundation receives funding for Tranquility Garden

Loon Foundation receives funding for Tranquility Garden

The Loon Foundation is receiving $65,000 in funding through PacifiCan’s Canada Community Revitalization Fund.
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SCRD committee challenges library funding asks

SCRD committee challenges library funding asks

Except for requests from the Sechelt and Gibsons libraries, all the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s community partners' funding requests were sent as presented to the next round of the local government’s 2023 budget discussions.
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Few reductions at initial 2023 SCRD budget debate

Few reductions at initial 2023 SCRD budget debate

In two days of Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) finance committee 2023 first round budget discussions, one of 54 proposals to add new projects (and costs) was cut. That was a bicycle and walking path expansion project budgeted for $294,000.
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Process begins for Powell River Board of Education name change

Process begins for Powell River Board of Education name change

School District 47 is seeking Tla'amin Nation's engagement to help determine naming options
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Day Scholar lawsuit agrees to $2.8 billion trust from Canada

Day Scholar lawsuit agrees to $2.8 billion trust from Canada

After more than a decade, the federal government has reached an agreement with 325 nations for the collective harm done by residential schools.
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Letters: People living in supportive housing need companion animals too

Letters: People living in supportive housing need companion animals too

'I know people who have slept in their cars rather than give up their dogs. I would be one of them, though thankfully, I don’t have to make that choice. There has been lots written about how animal companions help people who need emotional support.'
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Sunshine Coast RCMP searching for missing 30-year-old man

Sunshine Coast RCMP searching for missing 30-year-old man

Bryson West was last seen on Jan. 21 at 4:10 p.m.. in the 800 block of Kiwanis Way in Gibsons. 
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Artists weigh history, shape language at Gibsons Public Art Gallery

Artists weigh history, shape language at Gibsons Public Art Gallery

Gabriela Hirt's Storied Bodies and Robin Ripley and Ilze Bebris's collaborative A Conversation on at GPAG until Feb. 5.
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Nine per cent tax increase SCRD’s 2023 budget starting point

Nine per cent tax increase SCRD’s 2023 budget starting point

As budget deliberations ramp up, the new board will be reviewing hundreds of pages of material. New initiatives under consideration for the 2023 budget would cost the SCRD $12.7 million if all were approved.
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