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Pender Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Grasshopper closes for season

Pender Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Grasshopper closes for season

Also, the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society’s annual Cedar Strip Canoe Building Class starts on Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Learn boatbuilding skills from local expert Rick Crook.
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Art Beat: New Year's Lighting of the Memories a way to heal

Art Beat: New Year's Lighting of the Memories a way to heal

Accompanied by the nine-voice Threshold Singers, more than 60 people gathered at Mission Point on New Year’s Day for the 30th annual Lighting of the Memories ceremony, organized by the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society.
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B.C. reactivates health-care emergency operation centres

B.C. reactivates health-care emergency operation centres

Move comes as hospital occupancy exceeds base hospital capacity
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The Gibsons library has a new high-tech way to distribute books

The Gibsons library has a new high-tech way to distribute books

A partnership opens a new chapter for book borrowing
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B.C. Ministry of Health says it 'accidentally' published new advice on face masks

B.C. Ministry of Health says it 'accidentally' published new advice on face masks

I guess we weren't supposed to see that.
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Sunshine Coast Film Society announces its Spring screenings

Sunshine Coast Film Society announces its Spring screenings

Eight films are scheduled in a wide range of genres over the next few months
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Letter: 'Local government needs to change,' Gibsons mayor responds to criticism

Letter: 'Local government needs to change,' Gibsons mayor responds to criticism

'I’ve learned from experience if you don’t make structural change at the start of a political term, things usually become too hectic to do it later.'
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Weekly COVID-19 deaths in B.C. lowest since April

Weekly COVID-19 deaths in B.C. lowest since April

Today's count may be skewed by counting glitches over the holidays
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How many birds were counted on the Coast this Christmas?

How many birds were counted on the Coast this Christmas?

Good Birding: White-throated sparrow, rhinoceros auklets among notable sightings in the Christmas Bird Count
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Bigger B.C. tax credits may land in your bank account this month

Bigger B.C. tax credits may land in your bank account this month

Low-income B.C. families and individuals are getting a boost to their family benefits and/or carbon tax credits.
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