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After announcing last month that they would not be able to mount a Sea Cavalcade in 2019, the society behind the annual festival in Gibsons says it will host a one-day event in August.

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A coupon program aimed at making it easier to access produce from farmers’ markets is expanding. An additional $121,000 in funding was announced by the province, which will add 250 households to the B.C.

Monday night’s Nanaimo-Ladysmith federal byelection seems to be giving local Green supporters some momentum heading into the October general election. Paul Manly won the riding with a margin of around 5,000 votes in the preliminary count.

Doreen Lee was in her early 30s when she moved from Vancouver to the relatively rugged Pender Harbour with her husband in 1958. Early on, she was invited to tea.

An Elphinstone graduate was part of the University of Victoria team that was awarded first place at the 13th annual SAE Formula Hybrid Competition, hosted every year by the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

Daycare operator Evelyn Corlett of Elphinstone was in Victoria May 1 to receive a BC Achievement Foundation Community Award. The honour for Corlett was announced in early April, and the presentation ceremony was held this week at Government House.

McLaren sports car driven by new driver one of five vehicles impounded by Saturday

Students on the Sunshine Coast joined thousands across Canada on Friday, May 3 to call for action on climate change.

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