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About 500 people from the Coast came to the New Beachcombers Christmas casting call in Gibsons Wednesday night. At 6 p.m. the line of would-be stars stretched from the doors of the curling rink to the far edge of the pool building.

Sunshine Coast RCMP arrested three women and two men in a cocaine bust at a Wilson Creek residence July 3.

On July 1, Val Haines received the phone call of which dreams are made. Her quilt Consider the Lilies has been accepted for the worldwide competition, MasterPieces: Color, Couleur, Colore, Kolör, sponsored by Husqvarna Viking.

Eleven-year-old Oliver Telfer is sporting a new gold medal after earning the highest score in British Columbia on a challenging Pythagoras Math contest for elementary school students nation-wide. "I got 46 out of 50, which is the highest score in B.

A Pender Harbour congregation that left the Anglican Church of Canada over the issue of same-sex blessings is now fighting to retain possession of its church building. The Madeira Park church, formerly known as St. Andrew's, was built in 1979.

Two crack-house operators who killed Mark "Chico" Baptiste in 2002 have been sentenced to four years and six months in jail for manslaughter, in addition to the 21 months they had already spent in jail awaiting trial.

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Producer Nick Orchard is looking for children and adults to play roles in his upcoming film The New Beachcombers Christmas. The film will be shot in and around Gibsons between July 16 and August 13.

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