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SCRD issues a water update: watershed 'a very dry sponge'

SCRD issues a water update: watershed 'a very dry sponge'

Sunshine Coast residents urged — again — to cut back on water use
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Powell River mail-in ballots too big to qualify as letter mail

Powell River mail-in ballots too big to qualify as letter mail

Voting by mail option characterized as parcels and not letters
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Incoming SCRD Board to decide on Coopers Green hall replacement location

Incoming SCRD Board to decide on Coopers Green hall replacement location

Board voted to defer consideration to sometime between Nov. 10 and 24.
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Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Lafayette String Quartet playing Fall Chamber Music Weekend

Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Lafayette String Quartet playing Fall Chamber Music Weekend

Also, remembering the Queen and there will be a Christmas Fair in the harbour
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Art Beat: Garibaldi Trio makes Coast Recital Society debut Oct. 16

Art Beat: Garibaldi Trio makes Coast Recital Society debut Oct. 16

The Garibaldi Trio makes its Coast Recital Society debut this Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. The performers are Jose Franch-Ballester (clarinet), Marina Thibeault (viola) and David Fung (piano).
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Letters: Local government key in shaping community futures

Letters: Local government key in shaping community futures

'From housing, essential community infrastructure and operating transit, municipal governments make decisions that have the greatest impact on our day-to-day lives. Yet four years ago, voter turnout in local elections in B.C. was an abysmal 39 per cent, much lower than in provincial or federal elections. '
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Ice on lakes an emerging threat to Chapman water system

Ice on lakes an emerging threat to Chapman water system

Water siphoned from the lakes accounts for 66 per cent of the system's current volume but that equipment has not been tested in icing conditions
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Halfmoon Happenings: What was the commotion at Merry Island?

Halfmoon Happenings: What was the commotion at Merry Island?

RCMSAR teams participate in triage training
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How many ballots have already been cast on the Coast?

How many ballots have already been cast on the Coast?

Hundreds of people on the Coast took the opportunity to vote in advance
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Man fends off North Vancouver black bear with coffee mug

Man fends off North Vancouver black bear with coffee mug

It's extremely rare for bears to come that close, conservation officers say, and "that behaviour will not be tolerated."
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