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In every community across B.C., kids want a chance to play sports. Unfortunately, some families simply can't afford the registration fees for their children to play in a season of sport.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer Round two of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) budget is in the books. Residents are looking at some decreases in services and staff and a hike in the SCRD portion of property taxes.

Not a traditional road race or even a triathlon - Climb the Wall, the eighth annual Stairclimb for Clean Air, is a stair climb to the top of one of B.C.'s tallest buildings, the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, in support of lung health and clean air.

He may not be the official federal Liberal Party candidate for this riding, but that's not stopping Ian Sutherland from meeting residents and talking about the issues.

A multi-vehicle crash last Thursday (Feb. 19) on Highway 101 has left one woman in critical condition.

The future of spring hockey and figure skating on the Sunshine Coast is on thin and possibly melting ice as the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is looking to close ice facilities in Gibsons and Sechelt by the end of March and through the summ

A former Hungarian Olympic athlete turned Canadian coach will be recognized with a British Columbia community achievement award.

Brent Richter/Staff Writer A small but passionate crowd turned out to a public meeting Wednesday to voice their concerns about a proposal to build an independent power project (IPP) at Phantom Lake.

Ted Hume has a lifetime of memories of the Port Mellon townsite. A lad of 10 when he first arrived at the Rainy River village with his mom and day, Pearl and Ernie, Hume figures he had the best childhood a person could ask for.

It was May 1, 2008 when a dream became a reality as our hand-carved paddles entered the waters of the River Thames in London. We were a team of 14 Canadians in a great canoe called the Montreal canoe.