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Goldsmith-Jones plans behind-the-scenes role in campaign

Goldsmith-Jones plans behind-the-scenes role in campaign

Liberals, NDP hope to have candidates by end of month
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Coast Reporter Radio: Pam Goldsmith-Jones and the Gibsons Lantern Fest

Coast Reporter Radio: Pam Goldsmith-Jones and the Gibsons Lantern Fest

Podcast
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SCRD backs UNESCO designation nomination

SCRD backs UNESCO designation nomination

SCRD Briefs
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Survivor recounts ‘methodical’ grizzly attack north of Powell River

Survivor recounts ‘methodical’ grizzly attack north of Powell River

A Campbell River man who survived a brutal grizzly bear encounter says the wild animal just kept coming at him in a methodical attack. The attack on Monday north of Powell River left Colin Dowler with horrifying injuries.
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Dog survives bear attack on Whistler Mountain

Dog survives bear attack on Whistler Mountain

A nine-year old Australian shepherd/blue heeler dog is recovering after being attacked by a bear in the Garbo Zone in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park on July 25.
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Forecast calls for stormy lead-in to long weekend

Forecast calls for stormy lead-in to long weekend

Environment Canada says an “unseasonably strong” Pacific frontal system is bearing down on B.C.’s south coast, bringing heavy rain to the Sunshine Coast area Thursday afternoon. In a special weather statement issued Aug.
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Cypress Power: Gibsons firm helps UBC create ‘rolling batteries’

Cypress Power: Gibsons firm helps UBC create ‘rolling batteries’

Tucked into a nondescript building complex on Gibsons Way is a little technology company with big, electric ambitions. “The days of the old grid are over,” Don Bildfell, founder of Cypress Power, told Coast Reporter.
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‘To hell and back’: transplant survivor urges others to get registered

‘To hell and back’: transplant survivor urges others to get registered

A 55-year-old man celebrated a new kind of birthday on Wednesday. “I’m completely feeling like I’m reborn,” said Carl Pendleton from his home at Poplar Estates outside of Gibsons.
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Mail thieves strike from Gibsons to Halfmoon Bay

Mail thieves strike from Gibsons to Halfmoon Bay

Police Report
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Directors wrestle with wood pileup at landfill

Directors wrestle with wood pileup at landfill

So much lumber is accumulating at the Sechelt dump and Pender Harbour Transfer Station that they are running out of room, forcing the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to find a quick, interim fix.
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