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Days before Christmas a scene unfolded in Howe Sound that “was quite dramatic, like a movie,” said Kelly Kurik, 58, who is still coming to terms with the real-life ordeal.

The non-profit destination marketing organization for the upper and lower Sunshine Coast is looking to change how membership works in 2021.

The image of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction was taken at closest approach on Dec. 21 by Damian Peach, a very accomplished British amateur astronomer.

The SCRD is considering the purchase and testing of a high-tech device called a leak correlator, which uses microphones to identify leaks in watermains.

Nicholas Simons discusses new role and December 2020 sitting

The forest sector has deep roots in rural British Columbia with multi-generational families working in the industry either directly in logging or in related businesses like selling logging trucks.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) started administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at six long-term care homes in the health region two days before Christmas.

All 16 of the female engineers working in the B.C. Ferries fleet have filed a human-rights complaint against their employer, claiming gender-based discrimination.

In a Dec. 23 community update, the Sunshine Coast’s Overdose Prevention Task Force said hospital emergency room health-care professionals will be prescribing blister packs of the opioid replacement drug suboxone starting in 2021.

The B.C. College of Family Physicians has recognized members of the Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force with College Coins. Roberts Creek resident Dr.