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Photos: How did the Sunshine Coast fare during the atmospheric river?

Photos: How did the Sunshine Coast fare during the atmospheric river?

Conservation groups have to wait and see if water rushing into local creeks affected spawning salmon.
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Carrier Tecumseh makes stop in Sunshine Coast's Sechelt

Carrier Tecumseh makes stop in Sunshine Coast's Sechelt

Uncommon marine traffic in Trail Bay
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Gibsons council advances duplex and 172 apartment units with rezoning plans

Gibsons council advances duplex and 172 apartment units with rezoning plans

Major development receives council green light in Gibsons: Public meeting set for new residential project with community input
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Threads of meaning magnify artful ecology at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

Threads of meaning magnify artful ecology at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

A fabric artist who made the Coast her adoptive home two decades ago has launched her first solo exhibition, depicting miniature signs of life and renewal that thrive in West Coast forests. 
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SCRD Directors question OCP update scope, timeline

SCRD Directors question OCP update scope, timeline

An add-on recommendation asks 'that the Board write to the province to expressing the near impossibility of planning for growth in our communities in the absence of any road network planning by MOTI.'
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Coast Scene: Scenes from the Gibsons Fall Fair

Coast Scene: Scenes from the Gibsons Fall Fair

An annual highlight of Thanksgiving weekend festivities, Gibsons Fall Fair at Quality Garden and Pet was busy both days with dozens of vendors, friends and family, kids’ crafts, information booths, and a funky vegetable display.
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Coast Confidential: Teen tabloid tells all in new PJ Reece novel

Coast Confidential: Teen tabloid tells all in new PJ Reece novel

A new book from Gibsons author PJ Reece has cracked the case of a real-life Sunshine Coast mystery: who’s behind the Coast Confidential tabloids that began appearing at local cafés and newsstands in the summer of 2023?
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In the end, Sea to Sky went with its conscience on election day

In the end, Sea to Sky went with its conscience on election day

Greens’ Valeriote overcame two-party ‘binary narrative’ to earn historic win on Oct. 19
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'We have to reach out to everybody, be inclusive': BC NDP's Neill gives victory speech

'We have to reach out to everybody, be inclusive': BC NDP's Neill gives victory speech

BC NDP's Randene Neill wins 49.4 per cent of the vote in Powell River-Sunshine Coast.
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BC election night: BC NDP's Randene Neill wins Powell River-Sunshine Coast

BC election night: BC NDP's Randene Neill wins Powell River-Sunshine Coast

We'll be updating this story through the evening. Coasters, follow along for B.C. election night 2024!
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