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Letters: Our water crisis is year-round

Letters: Our water crisis is year-round

'It’s January and recent weather has brought rain, snow, melting and once again water running down the mountain slopes. However, we are still in the grip of climate change. It’s a four-season affair, not limited to summer and now fall.'
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Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival coming to Elphi Feb. 3

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival coming to Elphi Feb. 3

The Tetrahedron Outdoor Club has moved the Sunshine Coast’s biggest one-night cultural event to a new time of year, uniting skiers and cinephiles alike for the annual Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Doors open at Elphinstone Secondary at 5:45 p.m. on Feb. 3; films begin at 7 p.m. 
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Transformation a theme of Coast Vietnam draft dodger's panoramic memoir

Transformation a theme of Coast Vietnam draft dodger's panoramic memoir

When Ohio-born objector to the Vietnam War Jon Van Arsdell landed in Garden Bay in 1970, he was greeted by a sign proclaiming "No Longhairs." Van Arsdell’s autobiography 'No Longhairs: The Odyssey of a Vietnam Draft Dodger' shows that countercultural expatriates were hard-working contributors to the interdependent idyll of the Sunshine Coast, writes Michael Gurney.
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Sunshine Coast Lions raffles raise funds for charities

Sunshine Coast Lions raffles raise funds for charities

Shopping Spree Raffle raised $2,641.90 and the quilt raffle raised $3,002.38.
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Is it spring on the Sunshine Coast yet? Listen for these birds

Is it spring on the Sunshine Coast yet? Listen for these birds

Robins, Hutton’s vireo, looking toward Pacific wrens
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SCCSS to receive more than $250,000 in food security funding

SCCSS to receive more than $250,000 in food security funding

'In uncertain times like this, it's more critical than ever that we support community-led projects like these that help provide access to good healthy food,' said MP Weiler as he announced Sunshine Coast and the Village of Pemberton will receive a total of $393,139 from the federal government.
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Gumboot Nation: Family Literacy Week is coming up

Gumboot Nation: Family Literacy Week is coming up

Also, roller blade drop-in still happening at the Hall on Thursdays.
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Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA weighs in on Myles Gray inquest

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA weighs in on Myles Gray inquest

“The family and their advocates know that I will continue to support their efforts to find the truth about what happened to Myles." ~ Nicholas Simons
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There'll be lane closures on Reed, Henry Roads over the next month

There'll be lane closures on Reed, Henry Roads over the next month

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) says the work will begin Jan. 23 and – weather permitting – is expected to take up to four weeks.
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Harbour-Egmont highlights: All about literacy and music

Harbour-Egmont highlights: All about literacy and music

The week ahead is all about enjoying and celebrating literacy and music. The Egmont Community Club invites local musicians to come to an Open Jam this Saturday, Jan. 21,1 to 5 p.m. at the Egmont Community Hall.
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