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Space is open to everyone

The Sunshine Coast Youth Clinic celebrated a milestone this week. On Wednesday, the youth clinic, housed in the Gibsons Health Unit, celebrated its six-month birthday with an open house.

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Celebrating 50 years of serving the community

Welcome Beach Community Association is hosting the 50th anniversary of Welcome Beach Hall tomorrow (Saturday) at the hall at 8394 Redrooffs Road. It will be a fun birthday celebration with the life-time members invited.

Watch your speed and slow down

Speed Watch volunteers and local RCMP were out in force before the May long weekend trying to get drivers to slow down. According to ICBC, every year people who drive too fast cause thousands of crashes on B.C. highways.

Yacht Club honours late member

With a bottle of that famous Gibsons water, the David Smethurst dinghy, a Laser 2, was ceremoniously named on Friday evening, May 3, by members of the Gibsons Yacht Club (GYC) in honour of long-time member David Smethurst, who passed away last Decemb

Wind power more than just hot air

Roberts Creek Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) director Donna Shugar is raising the alarm over a proposal for wind monitoring sites in her area.

Concerns over coverage not quite dire

Rumours circulating in the community of a lack of ambulance coverage for the long weekend are not as dire as first thought.

Man charged after alleged phone calls

A Maple Ridge man is in police custody facing a variety of charges after he allegedly made several threatening phone calls to Coast residents last weekend.

Bargaining agreement close

More than 220 employees of Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will be heading to the ballot boxes on May 21, voting on whether to accept a new collective bargaining agreement.