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Coaster Murray Smith planned to play some squash and take in the sights last week in New York City. Little did he know that he and his family would be hunkered down with millions of New Yorkers riding out a massive hurricane last Saturday night.

Unit 12 of the Halfmoon Bay Coast Guard responded to a pair of incidents last week. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, four duty crew members were paged to their fast response vessel, the Ken Moore, at 5:40 p.m.

The Province's most-popular website is now mobile-friendly. DriveBC, which receives more than 2.9 million visits a month, is now accessible as a mobile site: www.drivebc.ca/mobile.

As the last long weekend of the summer approaches, many families are looking forward to one more holiday hurrah away from home-and they're not the only ones.

As this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Coast Reporter would like to offer readers an opportunity to share memories of that terrible day.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are looking for more information after two people were injured when a group of young adults started fighting in the parking lot at a Gibsons strip mall around 4 a.m. Saturday night. According to Sgt.

Sunshine Coast Conservation Association is proud to be part of this year's Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited. The SCCA will be co-ordinating clean up activities along the Davis Bay shoreline, on Saturday, Sept.

The 31st Annual Terry Fox Run is fast approaching and The Foundation and run organizers are inviting cancer survivors to come out and celebrate the benefits of cancer research and awareness with a free red shirt and a place of honour as Terry's Team

Recreational shellfish harvesters are advised that Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) levels are currently extremely high in some areas of the Sunshine Coast. Vp is a type of bacteria that is naturally found in our coastal waters.

Halfmoon Bay outdoor athlete, Quinn Barabash, completed the first ever 32 km swim up Sechelt Inlet last Saturday in an effort to raise awareness about salmon spawning channels. The swim for salmon event on Aug.