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Letters: Two brothers and the COVID-19 vaccine

Letters: Two brothers and the COVID-19 vaccine

'My dear, younger, and unfortunately, un-vaccinated brother Peter, who I spent much time with when we were younger and I loved very much, sadly contracted COVID, and after suffering a very gruelling and painful month on a ventilator, got multiple organ failures, and then died from the onslaught by trillions of uncaring COVID microbes.'
Team Sunshine Coast raises $12,500 for MS society

Team Sunshine Coast raises $12,500 for MS society

'Over two days last weekend, the Coast’s Tina Kaizer and six other teammates part of Team Sunshine Coast, rode 60 kilometres through the Frazer Valley raising awareness and funds for MS Society of Canada.'
Gumboot exhibition redefines graphic language

Gumboot exhibition redefines graphic language

Andrea Pratt’s Spiral Notebook is open to the public at the Gumboot Café in Roberts Creek until June 30. Select works are displayed on her website at www.andreapratt.com and on Instagram at @andreaprattart. 
Letters: Asking more questions about the Havies

Letters: Asking more questions about the Havies

'The stretch of highway between Field Road and Sechelt is already where most vehicle crashes occur (per Gibsons to Sechelt Corridor Study), and the Havies Road intersection is sometimes a bottleneck now. Assuming that the new owners move in, rather than renting their five and six bedroom houses out to multiple AirBnB clients.'
Gibsons powerlifter headed to worlds

Gibsons powerlifter headed to worlds

Nineteen-year-old Thomas Johnston placed first in the Junior 105 kilogram weight class at the Canadian Powerlifting Union Nationals in St. John’s, NL, last month.  
Letters: Dear Sechelt, be like Gibsons, phase out ‘commercial’ STRs

Letters: Dear Sechelt, be like Gibsons, phase out ‘commercial’ STRs

'This really opens a can of worms, as who is going to be allowed to be STR commercial when there are three that I know of in my neighbourhood. How are they going to decide which ones stay and which ones go?'
Dance schools conclude year with well-seasoned wonders

Dance schools conclude year with well-seasoned wonders

There were year-end dance performances in Gibsons and Sechelt
These teens run their own summer camp on the Sunshine Coast

These teens run their own summer camp on the Sunshine Coast

Julian Bailey's Camp Linwood in Roberts Creek is returning for a second season

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh amenable to regional district protection of DL 1313

An opportunity for local management and conservation of DL 1313, also known as Reed Road Forest, may be on the horizon.
Learn how to pronounce two Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim (Squamish language) words

Learn how to pronounce two Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim (Squamish language) words

A Squamish school has been renamed. Here's how to say St'a7mes and Átl'ḵa7tsem, two terms related to its identity.