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Refilling the SCRD’s lifeguard pool

Refilling the SCRD’s lifeguard pool

In recent years, the SCRD has, on occasion, had to temporarily cut hours at its aquatic centres due to staff shortages. Staffing lifeguard positions has become a national challenge.
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Sunshine Coast Foundry finds its home at former BMO

Sunshine Coast Foundry finds its home at former BMO

'Foundry Sunshine Coast will be a space for youth, designed with youth, and rooted in care'
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Sunshine Coast bus, ferry schedules change as of September 2

Sunshine Coast bus, ferry schedules change as of September 2

Two ferry service ends on Labour Day
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: In search of B.C. Ferries' lost anchor

Adrian Raeside cartoon: In search of B.C. Ferries' lost anchor

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Feds invest $9.6 million in Gibsons affordable housing Phase 2

Feds invest $9.6 million in Gibsons affordable housing Phase 2

Phase Two of O’Shea Place to deliver affordable rental units and 43 childcare spaces by early 2026
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Vessels congregate for 10th annual Pender Harbour Wooden Boat Show

Vessels congregate for 10th annual Pender Harbour Wooden Boat Show

Coast Reporter was on hand for the Aug. 9 festivities at Millennium Park and the Madeira Park Government dock.  
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Comment: On B.C. Ferries, ‘departure time’ seems to mean ‘some time later’

Comment: On B.C. Ferries, ‘departure time’ seems to mean ‘some time later’

Service notices routinely cite “crew taking time to get extra vehicles loaded given heavy volume of traffic” as the cause of late departures.
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Creek carver shaped by cosmic creativity

Creek carver shaped by cosmic creativity

Last week Juan Carlos Fernandez opened an exhibition of his carving and painting at The Kube gallery in Gibsons — the first solo show in about eight years for the Coast-based artist.
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New Gibsons gallery owner carves out TV role teaching tradition

New Gibsons gallery owner carves out TV role teaching tradition

Painter and carver Levi Purjue, a member of the Tahltan Nation and a descendant of Nevada’s Shoshone people, on Aug. 4 opened the doors of the Deep Water Gallery on Gower Point Road.
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Debut group show draws admirers from cars to canvases in Sechelt

Debut group show draws admirers from cars to canvases in Sechelt

The first exhibition of a newly formed Sunshine Coast artist collective took place last weekend, just steps from the crowded curbs of Sechelt’s Cowrie Street during the annual downtown Show & Shine.
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