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A newly opened showcase by young artists living on the Sunshine Coast filled the Gibsons Public Art Gallery with so many original works that it required a six-member crew to hang more than 170 items. 

Campbell House is on track for June opening

'Little Sister Grimm offers a whimsical look at how the famous Grimms, with help from women around them, transferred classic fairy tales from a rapidly fading oral tradition into literary form. His script pays tribute to the power of storytelling, to women sidelined by history, and to children who face evil or injustice.'

There are now 7,000 Sunshine Coasters – about one fifth of Coast residents – without primary care physicians, Sechelt Hospital is to start master planning next month and the future of Totem and Shorncliffe facilities are still under discussion, Coasters learned at a March 13 town hall.

And, butterflies’ emergence from hibernation a sure sign of spring

Acrylics and mixed media works by Deborah Willis and Allan O’Meara offer unflinching insights into states of altered perception that accompany the progression of dementia. Their joint exhibition is on display at the Gibsons Public Market until May 6. 

Broad beans don't mind cool soil but other legumes should wait

Bridget Stringer-Holden is one of 11 journalism students across Canada nominated and subsequently selected for the prestigious CBC Joan Donaldson News Scholarship, established in recognition of the founder of CBC Newsworld.

Also, Persian New Year celebrations continue

Travis Campbell ([email protected]) is hosting a Salmon Derby on Saturday, March 23, from dawn until 3 p.m.