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‘That was crazy’: Boater captures rare video of orcas up close in B.C. waters

‘That was crazy’: Boater captures rare video of orcas up close in B.C. waters

Off-duty eco-tour guide Jacob Alexander amazed by rare whale encounter near West Vancouver.
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Talaysay Tours app tells Indigenous history of Stanley Park

Talaysay Tours app tells Indigenous history of Stanley Park

App aims to honour oral storytelling with the help of modern technology
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Downtown Sechelt businesses look to address increased crime

Downtown Sechelt businesses look to address increased crime

About 50 downtown Sechelt business people attended a Sept. 26 event in search of help amid losses they attribute to an increase in the area’s un-housed and addicted population.
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B.C. Ferries' annual fare hikes capped at an average of 3.2 per cent

B.C. Ferries' annual fare hikes capped at an average of 3.2 per cent

The cap sets the maximum annual increase for passenger and vehicle fares and reservation fees, and would be in effect for four years starting April 1
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Last Queen of Surrey round trip Oct. 4 cancelled for cylinder replacement

Last Queen of Surrey round trip Oct. 4 cancelled for cylinder replacement

'This is not ideal, however, the engineers feel this is a required repair ahead of the long weekend': BC Ferries
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Persephone Brewing Company expands into qathet region

Persephone Brewing Company expands into qathet region

Southern Sunshine Coast brewery acquires Strikers Pub and Westview Bowling and Billiards
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Gibsons council bids farewell to retiring director of finance

Gibsons council bids farewell to retiring director of finance

The Sept. 26 special council meeting also saw a decision on permissive tax exemptions
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Coast Reporter publisher named Canadian news champion

Coast Reporter publisher named Canadian news champion

Peter Kvarnstrom is well known on the North Shore and Sunshine Coast
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Hundreds walk for reconciliation on the Sunshine Coast

Hundreds walk for reconciliation on the Sunshine Coast

'This walk for reconciliation is important. You're showing support, you're walking with our survivors and our ancestors, you're walking with the children': xwash Steven Feschuk, protector of culture for shíshálh Nation.
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Letter: Health solutions exist, where’s ours on the Sunshine Coast?

Letter: Health solutions exist, where’s ours on the Sunshine Coast?

'I ask anyone who reads this letter to go online and read the provincial government’s info on Urgent Primary Care Centres, Primary Care Networks and Community Health Centres and then ask “where’s ours?” There are solutions.'
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