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Coast bus driver wins big

A Sunshine Coast Regional District bus driver is the latest winner of a Lotto 6/49 jackpot.

Weston, Wilson trading shots

With the federal election campaign now entering week two, things continue to heat up between Green MP Blair Wilson and Conservative John Weston.On Friday, Sept.

Lots of fun in store at fun fest

Students are back in the halls and the leaves are changing, but that doesn't mean the fun can't continue. Elphinstone Secondary School presents its third annual Fall Fun Fest on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Saying what you mean

Has this ever happened to you? You're standing in front of a microphone, you've been thinking of what you're going to say all day, maybe all month.

CAT scanner is purrfect for local medical community

After one year in operation the CAT scanner has turned out to be all the medical community on the Coast hoped for and more. The great white machine is a diagnostic godsend to doctors practicing on the Sunshine Coast. And on Sept.

Wilson gets the Green nod

Greg Amos, Staff Writer After trying to regain entry into the federal Liberal party that ousted him last November, local member of Parliament Blair Wilson has joined the federal Green party.

History is colourful and elusive

As D'Arcy Davis-Case unloaded her armload of things onto the table at the Gumboot Café, a photo of a nude hippie wearing nothing but a strategically placed giant cauliflower landed face up. "Oops, better turn that over," she laughed.

Tonka is special guest at Paws for a Cause

Do you want to be part of the largest fundraising campaign in support of animals in BC? Then join the 2008 Scotiabank & BC SPCA Paws for a Cause Walk for the Animals on Sept. 14.

Potatoes in her root cellar

An earthquake has devastated the Sunshine Coast. Ferry transportation is cut off and the grocery stores - those that have not been destroyed - have a limited supply of food and water.

Garbage power plans on hold at HSPP

A plan by Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) to incinerate garbage to produce power for sale to the B.C. grid continues to sit on the back burner.