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Coast-wide campfire ban starts Aug. 4

Coast-wide campfire ban starts Aug. 4

As of noon on Thursday, Aug. 4, the Sunshine Coast Regional District and the five area fire departments will ban campfires and other outdoor products that create a risk of igniting fires.
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shíshálh Nation and B.C. negotiating dock management

shíshálh Nation and B.C. negotiating dock management

The agreement will affect dock tenures in shíshálh swiya (territory) and will implement the Pender Harbour Dock Management Plan  
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Letters: Don’t move the highway, change how we move

Letters: Don’t move the highway, change how we move

'Changing the way people get around is sometimes called “modal shift” and the best thing about it is that it works even if only a fraction of the population does it. If you need your truck for work, keep using your truck. If you need to drive your elderly mother to shopping, keep doing that. The truth is many of us want to be able to get around using bicycles and public transit, but doing so feels too dangerous when no safe infrastructure is provided.'
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Woman missing from Gibsons found

Woman missing from Gibsons found

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Young children can now receive a COVID-19 vaccination at clinics in VCH region

Young children can now receive a COVID-19 vaccination at clinics in VCH region

Vancouver Coastal Health is vaccinating six-month-olds and older, following Health Canada’s approval in mid-July.
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Impaired driver crashes into Davis Bay bushes: Police report

Impaired driver crashes into Davis Bay bushes: Police report

Also, Coast resident loses $15,000 in website scam
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Letters: Include the Sunshine Coast in vacancy tax

Letters: Include the Sunshine Coast in vacancy tax

'The area which includes Gibsons, Sechelt and Powell River is buckling under the lack of vacancy rates both rental and ownership. Long time and elderly residents are living in their cars or leaving the Coast altogether.'
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Public hearing set for updates to Sechelt’s Bylaw 580

Public hearing set for updates to Sechelt’s Bylaw 580

The September meeting follows the second reading for the drafted updates
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BC teens top the World Cup podium — again

BC teens top the World Cup podium — again

Gracey Hemstreet of the Sunshine Coast and Jackson Goldstone of Squamish once again won gold in downhill mountain biking’s World Cup series. The teens lead their respective categories this season. 
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Want to hear about the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh roots of Gibsons? This library event is for you

Want to hear about the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh roots of Gibsons? This library event is for you

Ḵung Jaadee, whose heritage includes X̱aayda (Haida),  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations, will recount Sḵwx̱wú7mesh legends popularized by Mohawk author and performer E. Pauline Johnson during an all-ages event at the library on Saturday, Aug. 6. 
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