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Letters: Is modular chemical storage at Sechelt sewage plant a risk to community?

Letters: Is modular chemical storage at Sechelt sewage plant a risk to community?

'While it is somewhat comforting to know that the containers meet health and safety standards for workers, the central issue is whether those chemicals stored on that site pose risks to the adjacent residents should an accident occur.'
See Mars's close approach and a lunar occulation

See Mars's close approach and a lunar occulation

Mars: A world that might have been, now stripped by a solar wind
Film captures performance where art is medicine

Film captures performance where art is medicine

A spellbinding live performance at the shíshálh Nation Longhouse crowned a week of filmmaking for a forthcoming documentary about communities healing through the power of stories.
Sunshine Coast Tourism elects new board members

Sunshine Coast Tourism elects new board members

New president is Christine Hollmann of Terracentric Coastal Adventures
Letters: Installing ice at the Sechelt arena was the wrong decision

Letters: Installing ice at the Sechelt arena was the wrong decision

'How do those five directors justify directing our water supply to an ice rink while residents have so much angst about keeping our only local hospital, our businesses and our farms supplied?'
British Columbians to fork out hundreds more dollars for food in 2023

British Columbians to fork out hundreds more dollars for food in 2023

An average family of four will spend up to $16,288 on food in 2023.
Local skaters attend Jingle Blades in Mission

Local skaters attend Jingle Blades in Mission

The Sunshine Coast Skating Club had 11 skaters who attended the Jingle Blades Competition in Mission B.C.
Letters: Rethink the Gibsons council meeting changes

Letters: Rethink the Gibsons council meeting changes

'This new plan to reduce council meetings to one a month will reduce delegations by half and leave little time for debate. It also will do away with public inquiries, committee reports and councillor reports, all to speed up the agenda. Where does that leave the engaged citizen like myself? There is absolutely no time to hear concerns from the taxpaying citizen!'
More students, more money as SD46 begins its preliminary budget for next year

More students, more money as SD46 begins its preliminary budget for next year

The current year's operating budget is $44,134,632. Here are some of the factors School District 46 is considering in composing the 2023-24 school year budget.
Annual Young Artists Exhibition and Banner Project on at arts centre

Annual Young Artists Exhibition and Banner Project on at arts centre

The public is also invited to help shortlist the images that will adorn Sechelt lamp standards in 2023. The Young Artists Exhibition and The Banner Project remain on display until Dec.16 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.