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Dogs on leashes and cats in carriers are now allowed in outdoor pet areas on the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay-Langdale routes aboard the Queen of Surrey and Queen of Coquitlam ferries.

April 21 was Earth Day in Roberts Creek, and the weather fit the occasion. It was a jam-packed day with live music, a clothing swap, a book sale, a bicycle tune-up shop, community association representatives and of course, a wide variety of food from local vendors.

The Queens of Surrey and Coquitlam, two ferries that travel between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale as well as Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo, are now allowing dogs on leashes and cats in carriers onto upper outdoor decks in designated areas.

Presenter details community poll regarding potential name change for city

MNP LLP Auditors provided an 'unqualified' opinion or 'clean report,'meaning their review indicated that the region’s accounting metrics and policies were fairly presented. 

After five years of being underutilized, Dianne Sanford is excited for the ‘rebirth’ of this educational tool 

B.C. Ferries put the brakes on drop-in meetings after a woman at a meeting on the Sunshine Coast threatened to “take a gun” to everyone.

Over 120 individual performances in the two disciplines took place during the opening sessions of the festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this spring. 

Fledgling fiddlers from the Sunshine Coast participated in a regional summit that united 103 instrumentalists from across Western Canada. The 2024 West Coast Youth Fiddle Summit took place in Nanaimo from April 12 to 14.