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Art Beat: Sunshine Coast Museum searches for an untold tale

Art Beat: Sunshine Coast Museum searches for an untold tale

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is inviting community members to pitch their best idea for an innovative pop-up exhibit at the Gibsons institution.
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Watch: Black bears throw down near Powell River

Watch: Black bears throw down near Powell River

"This was no play fight."
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Ground SAR, Airspan perform rescue on Sutton Islets

Ground SAR, Airspan perform rescue on Sutton Islets

The man was on the Sutton Islets (just off the banks of Egmont) June 5 when he fell from a ladder and fractured his leg.
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Church Road Well signed off mere hours before Stage 2 water restrictions enacted

Church Road Well signed off mere hours before Stage 2 water restrictions enacted

With sign-offs inked in the late afternoon of July 6, the Sunshine Coast Regional District met its promise to have the Church Road Well Field ready to pump before the Chapman Water System moved into Stage 2.
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Kisses and Kicks: July 7 edition

Kisses and Kicks: July 7 edition

Here are the good deeds (and not so good deeds) that happened in our Coast community this week!
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Halfmoon Happenings: Gearing up for the 55th Halfmoon Bay Fair!

Halfmoon Happenings: Gearing up for the 55th Halfmoon Bay Fair!

Also explore the beach at low tide in Sargeant Bay
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Go fish: How fishers and scientists are racing to protect a world-famous species from invasives

Go fish: How fishers and scientists are racing to protect a world-famous species from invasives

Meet the people on a mission to get rid of invasive pumpkinseed sunfish in a Sunshine Coast Lake – and prevent their spread.
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Gibsons councillor requests being kept 'in the loop' on mayor’s advocacy efforts

Gibsons councillor requests being kept 'in the loop' on mayor’s advocacy efforts

Discussions on keeping council members 'in the loop' on Mayor Silas White’s advocacy activities were committed to during the July 4 regular council meeting.
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Water access from Church Road to come 'soon': SCRD

Water access from Church Road to come 'soon': SCRD

The SCRD received 'Leave to Commence' from the Ministry of Forests to begin operating the Church Road well and a final water licence on June 30.
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SCRD, shíshálh Nation partnerships for water infrastructure under discussion

SCRD, shíshálh Nation partnerships for water infrastructure under discussion

Partnering with the shíshálh Nation to request about $125 million in federal funding for water reservoir infrastructure is slated for SCRD debate.
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