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Letter: Disheartening rift between SCCF and ELF

Letter: Disheartening rift between SCCF and ELF

'This year’s apocalypse of fires, floods, droughts and storms should drive everyone to work together to prevent climate hell on Earth. That means rapidly reducing our use of fossil fuels and conserving Earth’s natural carbon-sequestering ecosystems and biodiversity like on Mt. Elphinstone.'
Letter: Plan FireSmarting before building hall at Connor Park

Letter: Plan FireSmarting before building hall at Connor Park

'Alarmingly,  the proposed hall at Connor Park is planned for a dead-end residential road where there’s no escape route for families who live to the west of the park. In looking to the future of climate change, this may be perilous.'
Letter: Where the blame lies for our burning forests

Letter: Where the blame lies for our burning forests

'People from coast to coast to coast have felt the impact. We’ve been breathing in toxic wildfire smoke, thousands have been evacuated from their communities, and four firefighters have lost their lives fighting these flames.'
It's time to vote your favourite food and drink: Sunshine Coast People's Choice Awards

It's time to vote your favourite food and drink: Sunshine Coast People's Choice Awards

It's time. Let's celebrate our marvellous local businesses in the 2023 Sunshine Coast People's Choice Awards.
John Ducker: Nothing is worth driving into a wildfire

John Ducker: Nothing is worth driving into a wildfire

If the B.C. Wildfire Service is saying “Don’t go there,” then don’t go there. No vacation, or even that great short cut route, is worth your life or the lives of your passengers.
Letter: Ban logging in all B.C. watersheds

Letter: Ban logging in all B.C. watersheds

'B.C. is experiencing serious drought conditions now the third year in a row. On our own we cannot stop climate change, but at the provincial level you have the power to mitigate its impact.'
Letter: A heartfelt thank you from Squamish woman attacked by bear

Letter: A heartfelt thank you from Squamish woman attacked by bear

'I want to extend a heartfelt thank-you to those in the Squamish community who were such a support to me on Saturday evening, Aug. 19, after I was followed and attacked by a male black bear in Coho Park.'
Pharmacies running out of COVID tests, but province says they will be available for fall

Pharmacies running out of COVID tests, but province says they will be available for fall

The Health Ministry says B.C. pharmacy distributors have been supplied with newer product to replace any expired product and any pharmacies with no or low supply can contact their distributor for more.
Column: Evacuees and all Canadians deserve better than Meta blockage

Column: Evacuees and all Canadians deserve better than Meta blockage

An opinion piece on how Meta blockage of news is affecting wildfire emergency situation in B.C. and North West Territories.
Editorial: Disaster planning helps ease burden when unthinkable strikes

Editorial: Disaster planning helps ease burden when unthinkable strikes

We are lucky to have good disaster planning teams on the North Shore. But we also need to take individual action to play our part.