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Three Sunshine Coast groups are getting a share of the provincial government’s latest round of Rural Dividend grants.

Clear skies Sunday night gave the Sunshine Coast a perfect view of the total lunar eclipse. The rare super blood wolf moon eclipse has only happened three times in the past two centuries.

After approximately a year of design work, sourcing materials and construction, the Roberts Creek pavilion is nearly complete – all that’s left is the living roof.

Speaker Darryl Plecas will be given the opportunity to show his hand today in the wake of allegations he made in December about widespread financial mismanagement at the B.C. legislature.

Incumbent MP for the North Island-Powell River federal riding Rachel Blaney has been acclaimed as the NDP’s candidate for the 2019 federal election.

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The prospect of an 11.8 per cent tax increase helped attract a healthy crowd, in person and online, for an e-Town Hall on the District of Sechelt budget Jan. 17.

Premier John Horgan revealed on Thursday the pillars of a “conscious and deliberate strategy” to curtail exports of minimally processed lumber.

Councillors in Gibsons have given the OK for planning staff to go beyond what was suggested by the previous council as they draft new bylaws to regulate short-term rentals.

BC Hydro says fraudsters posing as employees of the Crown utility conned customers out of thousands of dollars last year, making it the most scam-ridden period since frauds started gaining momentum in 2014.