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On July 24, the local Pathfinders (Girl Guides aged 12 to 15) left for a week of adventure at the site of the Merritt Music Festival for Spirit of Adventure Rendezvous (SOAR). The Coast group met up with 2,700 girls and leaders from B.C.

A narrow, sloping section of the Davis Bay seawall discriminates against a woman who uses a scooter, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has decided. In a ruling Aug.

Don Holland was watching the news in his family room last weekend when a cougar paid him an unwelcome visit.

In 1904, inspired by the medical missionary work of Richard (later Sir Richard) Grenfell in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Rev.

Lions were roaring, mice squeaking, dolphins breaching, kangaroos hopping, dogs sniffing, snails sliming and monkeys swinging.

Fred Church, formerly a prominent Sunshine Coast businessman and volunteer, has pleaded guilty to sex offences against three children.

"North by west in the sunlight," as seagoing pastor John Antle wrote in his log in the late afternoon of June 1, 1904. He was taking the first practical step of the Columbia Coast Mission.

Fresh off his federal election campaign, Nicholas Simons is now throwing his hat into the provincial political ring. Simons has joined the race to seek the provincial NDP nomination for the riding of Powell River - Sunshine Coast.

After six months of training and planning, we finally arrived at the Machame gate entrance and the start of our eight-day trek. We could hardly believe we were actually about to start the challenge of a lifetime.

On July 30 a group of 20 enthusiasts met at the home of Bill and Agnes Clark in Sandy Hook to form the Sunshine Coast Astronomy Club.