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A B.C.-wide program that provides vouchers to low-income families, pregnant women and seniors to shop at farmers’ markets saw a big jump in participation this year.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are hoping for the public’s help as they search for a trailer loaded with thousands of dollars of equipment that was stolen from a construction firm on Nov. 12.

With just over two weeks to go before the close of voting in the electoral reform referendum, Powell River-Sunshine Coast is in the top 20 ridings for percentage of ballots received so far by Elections BC, but the return rate is still below 10 per ce

Things are about to get a bit slower on the Sea to Sky Highway. The province announced on Nov. 6 that it will be rolling back speed limits on several stretches of Highway 99.

Hundreds of people gathered at the cenotaph at the Gibsons Branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion to observe Remembrance Day on Sunday.

More than 200 people crowded the lawn in front of the Roberts Creek Legion cenotaph Nov. 11 to mark Remembrance Day. See more photos in our online galleries at www.coastreporter.net/photos-videos

The Colour Guard marched from the Sechelt Legion to the cenotaph, where hundreds of people gathered on Remembrance Day to honour this who have served to protect our freedom. See more photos in our online galleries at www.coastreporter.

The community of Pender Harbour came out in respect on Remembrance Day to gather at the Legion cenotaph.

About a dozen California sea lions were lounging and casually feeding on baitfish just off the shíshálh Nation shoreline for most of the day Sunday, Nov. 4.

The public is invited to provide input on Phase 2 of the Suncoaster Trail at an open house on Nov. 14 at Elphinstone Secondary from 5 to 8 p.m. The project is meant to link Langdale to Egmont through a series of interconnected trails.