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Running, hurling, jumping: Coast track and field students attend provincials

Running, hurling, jumping: Coast track and field students attend provincials

Local student athletes attended the BC Provincial Track and Field Championships the weekend of June 8 to 10.
Sunshine Coast's U17 Rapids triumph in island tourney

Sunshine Coast's U17 Rapids triumph in island tourney

Despite being under dogs going into the final, they came out champions
82-year-old Sunshine Coaster awarded his karate black belt

82-year-old Sunshine Coaster awarded his karate black belt

'As a karate student, you're not really working towards a particular belt, you're just trying to understand what karate is, and to serve its basic tenets – honour, respect and achieving what you can within your own limits,' says the Sunshine Coast's Michael Sherman
Spotlight on Special O: Swinging golf clubs as spring season winds up

Spotlight on Special O: Swinging golf clubs as spring season winds up

June sees the end of the spring season. Here are some of the highlights from the past month.
Photos: Best May drag race attendance in a decade

Photos: Best May drag race attendance in a decade

 In what Sunshine Coast Drag Race Association’s Richard Austin called the best May race in a decade, more than 1,150 people – including 70 competitors – crowded to the Sechelt Airport last weekend.
qathet Regional Cycling Association plans riding trail network

qathet Regional Cycling Association plans riding trail network

“We will be a hot-spot for mountain biking in the next two or three years.” ~ Brendan Behan, QRCA director of trails
Locals take second place in Battle of the Dojos

Locals take second place in Battle of the Dojos

The Battle of the Dojos karate tournament took place on Saturday, May 13, at Elphinstone Secondary School in Gibsons, B.C.
22nd Attack of Danger Bay launches a full return

22nd Attack of Danger Bay launches a full return

After years of a stripped back event in Pender Harbour, event found Bricin Striker Lyons welcomed a full comeback. And the winner is...
Three Sunshine Coast youth hit the ice at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships

Three Sunshine Coast youth hit the ice at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships

Rocky Nordvie and Jacob Wingfield helped the boys’ team win bronze
SCRD 'on-side' with junior hockey society asks

SCRD 'on-side' with junior hockey society asks

Will a team come to town? The regional government did its part to 'set up for the goal' and now the puck passes to the Pacific Junior Hockey League, which may decide on June 4 whether or not it will accept the bid for a Gibsons-based franchise.