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An overflow audience packed Roberts Creek Hall Sunday to hear Steven Staples, defence critic from the Ottawa-based Polaris Institute, speak on his concerns about the potential for Canada's involvement in the U.S.

Heavy rain and wind gusting up to 100 km/hour battered the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday leaving more than 6,500 people between Roberts Creek and Egmont without power.

About 360 Grade 6 and 7 students from across the Sunshine Coast came together for a day of challenging stereotypes, looking beyond labels and learning to accept one another during the Cracking the Mirror workshop at Roberts Creek Elementary Oct. 27.

As the heavy rains hit the Sunshine Coast last Saturday, high winds took down trees, hydro and telephone lines. A power outage occurred in the Egmont area at 1:52 p.m.

B.C.'s government should take the blame for instituting a flawed program that in part led to the death of a 19-month-old child, according to the social-worker-turned-politician who wrote the original report into the tragedy.

The beginnings of a community ice arena and swimming pool are taking shape in Gibsons and Sechelt.

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is hosting an exhibit close to the hearts of veterans and community members alike.

While Gibsons council is endorsing a yes vote in the upcoming referendum, the regional district director for Elphinstone continues a no vote campaign and the West Howe Sound director has announced her intention to vote yes. The Nov.

Here is your chance to devote a whole morning to random acts of kindness. On Sunday, Nov. 12, the Sunshine Coast will have its very own day dedicated to random acts of kindness.

When you ask Sechelt Public Library's Iris Loewen, chief librarian, what or who has played a major role in the library's long history, you get two answers -author L.R. (Bunny) Wright and technology.