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Olympians Patrick Chan and Larkyn Austman skated in front of approximately 600 spectators at the Gibsons arena on Saturday, March 9.

A prominent breastfeeding expert was invited by a Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) committee to visit the Sunshine Coast, as part of an effort to get Coast health care facilities certified through the World Health Organization’s Baby Friendly Initiativ

The only craft beverage producer in the District of Sechelt is looking to change the way its tasting room operates. The Bricker Cider Company opened at 6642 Norwest Bay Road in 2017.

A local ice cream vendor is hoping to get permission to set up at Friendship Park by the Sechelt pier, but Lane Cobiskey told Sechelt council on March 6 that the wording of the mobile vending bylaw is too restrictive.

Action on a 2016 motion to change Sechelt’s charges and fees bylaw to allow for a fee to use the district’s EV “fast charger” will have to wait a little longer after council asked for a fresh report from staff.

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West Vancouver, Sunshine Coast and Sea to Sky MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones says she has confidence in Justin Trudeau’s leadership as both prime minister and head of the Liberal party, after a tumultuous week in Ottawa, and she hopes the two MPs at the cent

It’s been a police station and a TV and movie set and now the site of the former RCMP detachment in Gibsons is going to become a 40-unit supportive housing complex.

Travellers taking floatplanes in and out of Sechelt will have to get used to wearing personal flotation devices. Changes to Canada’s aviation regulations announced by federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau on Feb.

Persephone Brewing Company is eyeing a former executive from one of the U.S.’s most successful craft brewers to help grow its business as the new chief executive officer.