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Needed upgrades to Gibsons Elementary School may not be possible. Schools across the Sunshine Coast have a declining enrolment of about 100 children per year, and the province is giving out less money.

Women could make a difference in the November municipal elections if the level of interest and participation at the May 24 campaign school is any indication.

A coroner's inquest into the death of Merrill Dixon has been scheduled for Aug. 11 to 15 at Sechelt provincial court.

Recently discovered off the coast of B.C. are giant reefs composed of crystalline sponges, life forms that were thought to have died out in the Jurassic era some 75 million years ago.

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A detailed mural entitled Time Flies by artist Jan Poynter, mounted on the upper wall of the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives in Gibsons, was officially unveiled last Saturday on George and Charlotte Gibson Day.

Following the surprisingly large turnout by parents, students, educators, trustees and community members last November for a conversation on education, School District No. 46 (SD46) is now inviting the community to participate in the next step.

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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