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Two recent drowning-related fatalities this past weekend are a sobering reminder that this is the peak season for water-related deaths in the province.

Midnight Friday, July 22 is the deadline to request an HST referendum voting package from Elections BC by calling 1-800-661-8683.

The search to find the chief civilian director for the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is now underway, Attorney General Barry Penner announced July 19.

Infants and toddlers have higher rates of hospitalization due to influenza than older children and young adults, and a new groundbreaking study led by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) suggests a simple way to improve their vaccine protection

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 12 to 19: Sometime between July 3 and 5, thieves gained entry into an unlocked outbuilding in the 5400 block of Eureka Road and stole a "Powerboard.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigating a pair of robberies in Sechelt that investigators believe could be connected. On Sunday night July 17 shortly after 8 p.m.

Following a coroners examination, Sunshine Coast RCMP determined that the death of 52-year-old David Matthew Seward of Gibsons to beaccidental. On July 11 just after 8 p.m.

Four community forest licences in the Sunshine Coast Forest District-K3F, held by Sechelt Community Projects Inc.; K3G, held by Powell River Community Forest Ltd.

Citizens with information or perspectives to share with independent Vancouver riot reviewers Doug Keefe, QC, and John Furlong now have an on-line option. The riot review website - www.pssg.gov.bc.

The weather is hot, school is out and now your teenager wants to hit the road in your car. In 2010, more than 49,000 teens got their first B.C. driver's licence.