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Will outdated water infrastructure delay Coast developments?

Will outdated water infrastructure delay Coast developments?

The Coast’s development community demanded immediate 'correction' to what it called local government 'overreaction'
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Pender Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Emergency Preparedness info session is Saturday

Pender Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Emergency Preparedness info session is Saturday

Also, Bargain Barn to host a Fashion Exchange
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New Indigenous Justice Centres will empower First Nations, says Squamish Nation's Wilson Williams

New Indigenous Justice Centres will empower First Nations, says Squamish Nation's Wilson Williams

The province is welcoming five new centres offering Indigenous-led legal assistance in Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, Surrey and Kelowna
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Art Beat: Passing a musical torch – Coast Recital Society's director retires

Art Beat: Passing a musical torch – Coast Recital Society's director retires

Nearly two dozen local actors and musicians gathered in Halfmoon Bay on Jan. 6 for a dramatic reading of a most appropriate text: William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
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Kevin Falcon calls for Dock Management Plan comment period extension

Kevin Falcon calls for Dock Management Plan comment period extension

BC United party leader Kevin Falcon request for an extension to the comment period on the shíshálh Nation’s proposed swiya-wide dock management plan (DMP) was posted to Facebook Jan. 11.
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Where to go to get out of the cold on the lower Sunshine Coast

Where to go to get out of the cold on the lower Sunshine Coast

With temperatures set to dip over the next few days, local services are sharing places people can go to stay warm. 
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Sechelt intersection closed after collision involving pedestrian

Sechelt intersection closed after collision involving pedestrian

Police have closed off Highway 101 from Cowrie Street to Inlet Avenue because of a serious collision at the Inlet Avenue intersection.
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Social media reunites woman and her wedding dress, five years after she sold it

Social media reunites woman and her wedding dress, five years after she sold it

A shot-in-the-dark Facebook post is reuniting a Maple Ridge woman and a wedding dress she sold on the Coast five years ago – a dress since made more precious in the face of loss.
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Introducing the lower Sunshine Coast’s 2024 New Year’s baby

Introducing the lower Sunshine Coast’s 2024 New Year’s baby

Layona Chandler Matsuo was born at 5:07 a.m. Jan. 5 at 3,294 grams (7.2 lb) in weight and 49 cm in length.
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Ready to ski? Dakota Ridge opens Jan 11 after heavy snow

Ready to ski? Dakota Ridge opens Jan 11 after heavy snow

Significant snowfall allows for winter fun at Dakota Ridge
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