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The Town of Gibsons is proceeding toward an anti-smoking bylaw that could be the strongest on the Sun-shine Coast, banning smok-ing in several public places, all restaurant and pub pa-tios and establishing up to a 9.5-metre buffer zone from businesses’ doors and win-dows.

The move is the outcome of a two-year dialogue with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) about updating the Town’s anti-smoking regula-tions. Similar consultations are underway with the Dis-trict of Sechelt.

“We would like to pro-pose a leading-edge bylaw of 9.5-metre buffers, no smoking on all patios, in parks, beaches and trails, transit stops, and in public places where people gather, like playgrounds, fields and sports facilities,” VCH To-bacco Reduction Coordinator

Bonnie Vankoughnett said in a presentation to Gibsons Council March 1.

Similar bylaws have been enacted in North Vancouver and Squamish. A new Whis-tler bylaw has established a 25-metre buffer zone from doors, windows and air in-takes, and is believed to be the most restrictive in B.C.

The current Gibsons by-law imposes a three-metre buffer zone. Smoking is also banned on sports fields and playgrounds, but smoking is allowed in most other public spaces and on business pa-tios.

Vankoughnett said that tobacco use kills more than 6,000 people in B.C. every year, while second-hand smoke contributes to the deaths of 110 in the prov-ince annually, an average of more than nine people every month.

She said outdoor smoking

Gibsons mulls tough anti-smoking bylawbylaws protect people from second-hand smoke, help to decrease tobacco use, can motivate smokers to quit, and decrease negative role-modeling for children.

During discussion among councillors at the meeting, all agreed with the necessity for a new regulations and staff was asked to provide a draft bylaw. However concerns were raised about the poten-tial for excess anti-smoking signage, and some wondered if a 7.5-metre buffer might be more practical than VCH’s suggestion of 9.5 metres. Councillor Charlene SanJen-ko supported the larger buf-fer and urged her colleagues to “be bold” on that issue.

Mayor Wayne Rowe noted that there also should be con-siderable advance notice and public consultation before a new bylaw is approved, which could be as soon as this summer. Rik Jespersen

You know we’re living in the 21st century when town councillors occasionally will attend a meeting via iPad, as Gibsons Councillor Jeremy Valeriote (left) did March 1, which amused Councillor Charlene San Jenko and Mayor Wayne Rowe. Valeriote was beaming in from North Vancouver. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) was rounding up sup-port this week to put pres-sure on the Sunshine Coast Regional District board over logging on private land in the Chapman Creek watershed.

ELF was asking people to attend the SCRD board meet-ing March 10 and “bring a sign that reflects your posi-tion on protecting our drink-ing watershed.”

SCRD Chair Garry Nohr, meanwhile, released a state-ment saying the SCRD does not support logging in the watershed, but “the SCRD does not have the authority to regulate the harvesting of trees.”

An update from ELF said the logging had been going on longer than first realized.

“The SCRD staff was noti-fied by AJB / Surespan on Jan. 25 of their plan to begin clearcut logging in the Chap-man, however this informa-tion was not presented to the SCRD Board until Feb. 11. Our roadblock went up the next day,” ELF said.

“The bad news is that last

week we discovered that ap-proximately 50 per cent of the trees on the Surespan property were cut before we stopped them on Feb. 12.

“We feel that it’s impor-tant to fight to preserve the remaining 50 per cent of the forest that serves many watershed functions on our behalf. We also feel that the SCRD has not acted on this issue to the full extend that they can.”

ELF asked supporters to gather at the SCRD offices on Field Rd. Thursday, March 10 at 1pm for the 1:30 meeting.

“We’ll be gathering to-gether to place pressure on the Board to take action,” ELF said. “What’s most important is that they immediately es-tablish or resume negotia-tions with Marc Rogers of AJB Investments (Surespan) and reach an understanding that negotiations will proceed to a resolution of the property issue if the logging and road building stops.”

Nohr’s statement said: “The current logging activ-ity is taking place on private

SCRD and watershed loggingland and is in compliance with provincial legislation.

“There has been a great deal of community concern regarding this issue”, Nohr said, “and the SCRD’s posi-tion continues to be one of ongoing and strong commit-ment to protecting the water-shed in the interest of public health. The SCRD is continu-ing to monitor water quality upstream and downstream from the harvesting activity.”

Nohr concluded: “On the basis of the community’s strong support and passion for protecting the water-sheds, the SCRD fully in-tends to continue to advocate and engage in constructive dialogue with the parties in-volved.”

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“Just think of it this way,” said Cst. Harrison Mohr with Sunshine Coast RCMP. “If you wait the two minutes to read that text message or make that phone call until you can pull over somewhere safe, will you ever regret that you took that extra time? Probably not. But

if you choose to read that text message or answer that phone call, and end up killing some-one as a result of being dis-tracted, will you regret that? Absolutely you will. It could happen and it does happen. It’s just not worth the risk.”

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Farming with childrenFarming is a very rewarding, important and invaluable in-

dustry in Canada. But for all of its benefits, it is also one of the most dangerous industries, and the reality of the profession is that children are often around the workplace. This means exposure to hazards including toxic chemicals, unpredictable livestock and potentially dangerous machinery. This exposure makes it absolutely crucial that children be taught about the potential dangers around them and how to avoid putting them-selves at risk.

March 14 – 20 is National Farm Safety Week and this year, the Canada Safety Council is reminding Canadian families to take precautions while on the farm, ensuring the safety of children by understanding the concerns and paying attention to detail.

According to a study by Canadian Agricultural Injury Report-ing, 272 Canadians under the age of 14 died between 1992 and 2012 in agricultural-related fatalities, with approximately 45 per cent of those being four years of age or younger.

The most common causes of death among children are ma-chine runovers (41.9 per cent,) followed by drownings (15.2 per cent,) machine rollovers (11.1 per cent,) animal-related injuries (6.5 per cent) and being crushed by or under an object (5.1 per cent.)

Often, bystander runovers occur when children are playing on the farm or near a worksite. The farm vehicle is usually in reverse, and the adult is not expecting the child to be there. This fact alone makes it crucially important to set aside an area reserved for playing in the yard. A fenced-in area with self-locking gate closures will ensure that the child’s exposure to runover-related danger is greatly reduced.

It’s important to remember that what may seem to be an ob-vious safety measure isn’t always so obvious, especially with younger children. Teach them which areas are off-limits or dan-gerous. As they get older and start helping out around the farm, take the time to teach them the proper way of doing things, ex-plaining and enforcing safety as the primary goal. Keep in mind their limited experience and strength when assigning tasks, giving them age- and size-appropriate responsibilities.

That being said, it’s not enough to tell children how to do things safely. Especially when it comes to work-related tasks, children are driven to follow examples set by their parents and other adults. Farmers and workers have to make sure that they’re following safety protocols and being careful, or the message will ring hollow to children and they will not see it as important.

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Fight, or resignA relative newcomer to the

Coast, I sit on the sidelines reading local papers. Until now. News regarding log-ging of the Chapman Creek watershed startles me. Am I missing something? Please, illuminate me.

What I see is a gross fail-ure of the SCRD to fulfill its primary mandate: warden of communal resources and protector of the Sunshine Coast’s integrity. Yet, AJB/Surespan is logging your source of water! How is this possible? (And surely, this merits “front page” news…)

The SCRD is responsible for managing the watershed. Your watershed is under physical threat. The chair of SCRD states it “does not have the right” to remove Sures-pan. So, the SCRD throws its hands up, sorry we can’t do anything? Allowing a private interest to trump an essen-tial communal good? Leav-ing it to a group of citizens to block the assault?

Why hasn’t the SCRD im-plemented a moratorium? If it doesn’t have jurisdiction, why isn’t the SCRD demand-ing action from those who do? One assumes the prov-ince sold the logging rights. At the time of the sale, was the watershed demarcated? If so, the province acted in bad faith. If not, when it was zoned, why wasn’t the lease amended? AJB/Surespan is a for-profit enterprise; a re-fund or land swap offers res-olution. There are avenues, so why isn’t the SCRD pursu-ing them? It's their job.

The SCRD has abdicated its primary responsibil-ity and failed in leadership. SCRD leaders: You allow a watershed to be physically undermined because you say you don’t have the right to protect it? Then you have failed in your job so please resign now and allow some-one effective to step forward.

Meanwhile, hats off to ELF and the shíshálh for doing

what’s necessary: physically protecting this core resource on which your communities, your very lives, depend.

Mcat Anderson, Elphinstone

Walk the talk(Re editorial by David Su-

zuki, the Local, March 3)I read, and re-read, David

Suzuki. Tragedy, heartbreak, distress, pain, war, murder, violence, destruction, suffer-ing. And all that, before the end of the second paragraph. By all accounts, the outlook is bleak.

Suzuki will gather some warranted attention by pro-moting his message, but to truly inspire another to ac-tion, one must necessarily choose to turn their message into deed. Wouldn't it be mo-tivating for all to hear Suzuki announce that he is going to sell his summer cottage so as to no longer drive there in a vehicle (fossil fuelled or otherwise), because really, at this point, can anyone justify a world where any family has two houses and weekend commutes? Or maybe he could at least concede, for the record, that yes, perhaps having five children is a self-ish choice in a world that so many environmentalists consider to be rather over-populated.

Imagine the collective ex-hilaration on the day Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio informs us that he will no longer lease the world's fifth largest yacht to party with friends when attending the World Cup. Failing that, perchance Leo will one day announce how he will for-evermore forsake travel by private jet, and indeed will sit (shudder the thought) in coach, like the rest of us.

Suzuki's, DiCaprio's, or any other individual's personal reduction in consumption won't make a blip of differ-ence to the earth's climate, but perhaps it will provide us, the guilty over-consum-

ing masses, and our ineffec-tual governments, and our corrupt titans of industry, with a much needed exam-ple to aspire to, while we go about our daily lives.

Alan Donenfeld, Gibsons

PULL the weedsWow, BC Hydro is work-

ing on getting the Skull & Crossbones prize. First it was the “unproven” aspect of all those “smart” meters, forced upon us all without our con-sent, irradiating us in the privacy of our homes until kingdom come – or until the people who have died from the damage can prove it to the nth degree.

Now it' glyphosate – clas-sified by the World Health Organization as “probably carcinogenic to humans” and a major factor in the decline of bees who fertilize our ag-riculture and are essential keeping us all fed.

It's appalling: “probably carcinogenic to humans” is not enough. Apparently we have to die in droves until the connection can no longer be denied – before anyone at BC Hydro even bothers to look for an alternative. And the most astonishing is, they're going to put us into breathing contact with this stuff – once again, without our consent. For…weeds?

In this day and age, with all the information out there about it: how could this be happening? To save on labour costs? I don't use glyphosate in my garden, I get down on my hands and knees and pull the weeds up.

BC Hydro would rather poison us all than provide employment (temporary) to human beings who can do the job just as well. Maybe they'll take a little longer, maybe they'll cost BC Hydro a little more – or even a lot more — but the damage to all of us would be nil.

Their motive is profit for them, not service for their

customers.Caitlin Hicks, Roberts Creek

A “must read”I have just finished reading

“To Save the Wild Earth” by Ric Careless (Mountaineer Books, 1998). It is an out-standing story of a remark-able man who spent 25 years of his life battling politicians, and the logging and mining industry to save nine wilder-ness areas in B.C. Not only is it an interesting account of the tactics required to win the battles but it is also a colorful story of the people who lived, worked, and died in these wilderness areas. Truly a “must read” book.

We are so fortunate to have people like Ric who work tirelessly and are so committed to saving wilder-ness areas for future genera-tions and for the continued existence of mankind. Ric, I stand in awe at your devo-tion and accomplishments. I am pleased to learn that Ric and family are making the Sunshine Coast home, and I would be deeply honored to meet him one day.

Marshall Mitchell, Sechelt


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SPRING BREAK PUBLIC SKATESPublic skates are designed for all ages and abilities. A portion of the ice will be designated with cones for beginner skaters. Helmets are highly recommended.

Sunshine Coast Arena (Sechelt)Monday, March 14: 1:45-3:15pmWednesday, March 16: 1:45-3:15pmFriday, March 18: 3:15-5:15pmSaturday, March 19: 3:30-5:00pmSunday, March 20: 3:30-5:00pmGood Friday, March 25: 2:00-4:00pmSaturday, March 26: 3:30-5:00pmSunday, Mach 27: 3:30-5:00pmEaster Monday, March 28: 2:00-4:00pm

SPRING BREAK POND HOCKEY/STICK AND PUCKPond hockey is for children 5 to 12 years old, Stick and Puck is for those 13 years and older. Both of these drop in programs are a great way to try hockey without full gear in a safe, supervised environment.

Helmets, skates, and gloves are required. A leader will coordinate groups considering age, size and ability.

Sunshine Coast Arena (Sechelt)Friday, March 18: 2:00-3:00pmGood Friday, March 25: Pond Hockey – 10:45-11:45amStick & Puck – 4:15-5:15pmEaster Monday, March 28: Stick & Puck – 4:15-5:15pm.

The Gibsons & Area Community Centre (GACC) arena will be closed to the public on March 12 due to a hockey tournament taking place from March 13 to 18. Last day of public ice programs is Saturday, March 12. Dry floor programs at GACC begin on March 22 and on April 9 at the Sunshine Coast Arena.

Note that dates and times are subject to change. All notices of change will be posted on our website.

Thank you for making the 2015/2016 season another great one on the ice!

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Sunshine Coast auctioneer extraordinaire Ed Hill recognizes a bid at an art auction March 5 at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery to raise money for sponsoring a refugee family from Syria. Paintings and other items donated by Coast artists raised $8,450 in the live auction, arranged by the gallery, Christian Life Assembly Church and Crossroads Community Church. Another $9,325 was raised from a silent auction and donations at the event, for a total of $17,775 to help in the settlement of the Syrian refugee family of four, which is expected to arrive soon. RIK JESPERSEN PHOTO

A proposed new seniors’ residential development is proceeding to second read-ing at Sechelt Council after getting some enthusiastic reviews at a March 3 pub-lic hearing on rezoning and amending the Official Com-munity Plan for the project.

Rockwood Ocean Stories, proposed by Spani Develop-ments, is envisioned as a two-building complex including 125 rental apartments and a 60-unit condominium—both built specifically for se-niors—on the slope between Chatelech Secondary School and the Rockwood Centre.

The rental units would provide a seniors’ indepen-dent supportive living facility with the potential to convert units to assisted living, while the condo building would contain units designed for seniors’ independent living, the company has said.

Of 16 people who spoke to a panel of councillors and District staff at the hearing, nine expressed enthusiasm and relief that such a com-plex is in the works. Among

the remaining comments, most were neutral and stated no preference about the de-velopment.

“This is great and I think we could use a bunch of these [projects] right now,” said one woman who has a senior parent currently living inde-pendently in Sechelt. “I wish it was built tomorrow.”

“I heartily endorse the project,” one man told the panel. “It’s a needed facility that will allow seniors living here to retain their social cir-cle and age gracefully.”

Another woman cited the number of short-term con-struction jobs and longer-term service employment the project would bring to the community.

Some residents of Medusa Street, near the potential building site, told the panel of their concerns over the shortage of street parking in the area, which is already a problem. Planner Angela Let-man replied that the project would ultimately create 191 parking spaces on its prop-erty.

Hearing on seniors’ complex mostly upbeatThe potential building lot

is currently zoned R1 (single family residential) and R4 (multi-family residential) and if approved, would be given the special zoning des-ignation of CD-36, or Com-prehensive Development Zone 36.

The rental building would be four-storeys high, while the condo calls for 8.5 storeys on the front of the building and 6.5 storeys at the rear. Letman told the hearing the OCP allows an exception “un-der special circumstances,” since the back of the condo building would sit less than three storeys above that part of the slope.

Written submissions are also made in conjunction with public hearings, but no count of the number of those supporting or opposed to the project will be available until later in March when either District Council or its Plan-ning & Community Develop-ment Committee next deals with the proposal.

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The Sechelt Public Li-brary is holding a workshop known as a design charrette, on March 11, into a proposed library renovation and re-newal project. A range of community members includ-ing library users, seniors, and students have been invited to attend, as well as District of Sechelt staff, representatives from the Accessibility Com-mittee and Advisory Plan-ning Committee, council, li-brary staff and library board members.

The goal of the workshop is to receive public input and identify library priori-ties for the community that will inform the architect’s creation of three conceptual designs. The designs will be presented to the Finance, Culture and Economic Devel-opment Committee before

going to council in April and will be available for viewing and input by the community. If council approves, the next phase would be selecting one design for the architects to develop through to obtaining a professional cost estimate.

The library is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year and 20 years of wear and tear. With over 110,000 visits a year, it’s one of the busiest small libraries in the province. It was built in the pre digital era and is dated. Library users’ expectations and requirements have changed.

Key areas to address in-clude improved accessibility, a reinvented teen and chil-dren’s area, a quieter loca-tion for a “reading room”, improved digital access, re-moving barriers to staff and

Renewing Sechelt Librarypatron interaction, upgrad-ing and modernizing the staff workroom, and adding a room for meetings and programs. If the project goes ahead the library will be well poised for its next twenty years.

The library interviewed four architecture firms in-cluding three locally and, in consultation with the District of Sechelt’s Joint Facilities Committee for the building, has selected DIALOG, located in Vancouver, to begin the pre-construction and plan-ning work.

The project is expected to be implemented in phases which would spread costs over a number of years and the library plans to fundraise and seek further grants.

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science-based, consultation with First Nations and com-munities is meaningful, and upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions are quantified. Thank you to the students from Elphin-stone Secondary School for filming the Gibsons town hall for Coast Cable. All com-ments have been forwarded to the Canadian Environmen-tal Assessment Agency, and the comment period is now over. Next, Minister McKenna may sign off on the assess-ment because she is satisfied that there will be no adverse affects on the environment, or she may refer the matter

to cabinet for their decision, accompanied by her reasons for believing there may be adverse affects.

CANADA SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM. Our staff is very happy to support any local employer interested in ap-plying for funding from this program. The deadline for submissions has been ex-tended to March 11, 2016.

INFRASTRUCTURE. This month we were the recipi-ent of $3.5M of federal infra-structure investment from the gas tax fund to support three major infrastructure projects. The SCRD will re-ceive $412,831 to assist in

the implementation of the Enterprise Asset Manage-ment Software, critical to sound management of the region’s assets and asset re-placement.

Thank you to the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce for inviting me to speak at its lunch meeting at Pebbles on Feb. 9. We always cover a lot of ground on the days I am on the Coast. On either side of the luncheon event, Lucie McKiernan and I travelled all over to hear from community groups interested in clean air, fairer BC ferry funding, medi-cal marijuana regulations and diplomacy in foreign af-

fairs, for example. We even squeezed in an interview at the Elphinstone studio.

Our office in Horseshoe Bay gets a lot of visits from ferry travellers and commut-ers along the Sea to Sky cor-ridor. Stephanie and Deanna are there every day from 9am – 5pm, although they both put in extra time at commu-nity events as well. Lucie is available to you on the Coast. Call 604-913-2660 – we have our phones installed at last.

Talk of The Town

Wayne Rowe Mayor, Town of Gibsons

This time of year, many local residents seek out sun-nier and warmer weather – although as I write this column, the temperature has just topped 10 degrees, and Gibsons on a sunny day like this is hard to beat. For most, these getaways require care-ful planning and budgeting. Similarly, for the Town of Gib-sons, we are prudently allo-cating funds to get us where we need to go: to a balanced budget that not only reflects fiscal prudence and protects our natural assets, but also allows a focus on cultural benefits and social wellbeing.

Fiscally, we are aiming to stay the course, particularly in light of constrained fund-ing, and global economic un-certainty. As we have worked our way through our annual budget planning process, with managers reviewing their departments’ capital and operating budgets to de-termine needs for the coming year, it has been abundantly clear that we are not in a po-sition to invest in brand new projects. Rather, we will fo-cus on improving on what we already have, investing mod-estly in the infrastructure needs of our Town, and capi-talizing on our natural assets, for example improving on trails that will join people of all ages and abilities to ser-vices in a healthy, accessible manner, and renewing the waterfront walkway so pop-ular with local residents and tourists alike.

We have before us an ex-ceptional opportunity to enhance our cultural scene, with the Gibsons Public Market project well under-way, promising gathering and learning spaces that will make it a hub of the commu-nity, close to our downtown core.

From a social benefit point of view, we will focus on fam-ilies, considering an update of our Parks Master Plan to review the location and qual-ity of playgrounds to support at-home daycare providers, and to offer opportunities to connect at a neighbourhood scale.

In an ideal world, our sources of funding would be bountiful, and we would be in a position to fulfill all of our plans, and our residents’ expressed needs. In reality, our sources of income are limited to grants, fees and to taxes which we strive to keep reasonable, and our respon-sibility to contribute to such SCRD functions as transit, solid waste and recreation has an impact on the funds we can allocate to the many desirable options before us.

Your interest and input to our budget planning process are welcomed. Please check our website and local papers for the dates of upcoming budget planning meetings in March, and join us if you can.


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DISTRICT MEETINGSCouncil Meetings 7pm, March 16 and April 6(Regular Council meetings are now being live-streamed. Visit the Sechelt.ca for details on how you can watch Council meeting proceedings live via the District’s YouTube Channel.)

Planning and Community Development Committee 1pm, March 30

Public Works, Parks and Environment Committee, 2:30pm, March 30 (or later, depending on the length of the previous meeting)

Finance, Culture & Economic Development Committee, 1pm, April 13

District of Sechelt office: 5797 Cowrie Street, Sechelt, BCPhone 604 885-1986 Fax 604 885-7591 Email [email protected]

Council and Committee Meetings (all meetings held in the Community Meeting Room,

(1st Floor, 5797 Cowrie) unless otherwise stated)

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Council and Committee Meetings (all meetings held in the Community Meeting Room, (1st Floor, 5797 Cowrie ) unless otherwise stated)

Visit www.Sechelt.ca for more information on District news, programs and services, including:

• NEW - Committee of the Whole Meeting, May 8, 1pm - Council will meet in a less formal and structured manner to hear and consider presentations that foster the economic, social and environmental well-being of our community. This will be an incubator for new ideas, governance, and policy that is in line with Council’s strategic goals. Committee meetings will be scheduled on the first Wednesday of every other month, starting in May, 2015. To apply to present, email [email protected].

• All are encouraged to participate in the Public Engagement/information Meetings on Municipal Regulation of Medical Marihuana Production and Distribution in Sechelt Tuesday, April 21, Seaside Centre, 2pm (and repeated at) 7:30pm

Input on the direction of municipal regulation on these issues is welcomed. Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 25-266 regarding medical marihuana production facilities will be reviewed. Plan to attend one or both meetings. For more information or to submit written comments, visit Sechelt.ca

Free Culture Days Worshop April 30, 4:30pm Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

Open Houses – Potential Sanitary Sewer Expansions - West Sechelt (Area A06) and West Porpoise Bay (Area A02) – March 22 and 23, 6-8pm, Seaside CentreSechelt has contracted with ISL Engineering to provide a detailed design for location of sewer mains and sanitary service connections in areas A02 and A06 (see Sechelt.ca for area maps). Impacted property owners have been contacted and preliminary survey work is underway in these areas. Design work is being completed to prepare for future District infrastructure grant applications for these potential expansion projects. Open houses will be hosted to answer questions and receive input related to Area A06 (West Sechelt) on Tuesday, March 22nd and related to Area A02 (West Porpoise Bay) on Wednesday, March 23rd. Both events will be hosted at the Seaside Centre from 6 to 8pm. Area residents and the general public are welcome. For more information, contact Engineering Manager, Sanath Bandara ([email protected]).The Sechelt Farmers and Artisans Market is scheduled to begin Saturday morning market operations along Cowrie Street, north of the intersection with Ocean Avenue starting March 26th. The public is advised to watch for signage indicating traffic pattern changes.District Office closures - Friday, March 25th and Monday, March 28th for the Good Friday and Easter Monday Statutory Holidays.Sunday April 3rd - Sunshine Coast April Fools Run - watch for our contingent of 14 staff and Council members participating in the ½ marathon, displaying the District’s 30th Anniversary logo.

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Search & Rescue DispatchesJane Macdonald Crew Member RCMSAR Station 12 Halfmoon Bay

When spring training starts, and the Jays hit the cages and fields of sunny Florida to get in “game shape” for the season, Search and Rescue volunteers do the same… except we have no offseason, it is not always sunny, and our volunteers earn slightly less than pro-fessional baseball players. Kidding aside, your Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue (SAR) and Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) teams

work together continuously to ensure our coast is cov-ered night and day, rain or shine. Our volunteers stay ready, certified and in game shape through consistent drills, courses and hours of training.

Feb. 6, a two-day Pleasure Craft Operators course was held at Station 12 in Secret Cove. New recruits are on track to complete their train-ing, both in classroom and on-board rescue vessels, in order to serve as Active Crew. Members of Marine Search and Rescue Station 12 (Half-moon Bay/ Porpoise Bay) and Station 14 (Gibsons) met at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre for pool-based water safety and rescue drills. Sixteen

members practiced injury assessment, water-based ex-traction exercises and emer-gency planning.

At Pender Harbour High on Feb. 15, Ground SAR vol-unteers assembled students into groups to learn “ten safety essentials” for back-country travelling. Lessons ranged from packaging a subject in a vacuum immo-bilizer bag and transport-ing them on a stretcher, to a demonstration from SAR search dog, Kaiser, looking for scented articles around school grounds.

Feb. 20 was Sunshine Coast SAR’s Annual Snow Day; an all-day "real-life" practice locating, packaging, and transporting subjects at Dakota Ridge. Feb. 27-28 saw six members and two Sunshine Coast Regional District members back on Dakota Ridge taking a full two-day snow mobile course hosted by BC Backcountry Snow Mobiles who provided gear and instruction on rid-ing, safety skills as well as ac-cident scenarios. Two other members spent the same weekend off Coast taking an avalanche safety course.

No matter the tenure of volunteers, all Search and Rescue members take train-ing and response readiness seriously. There is no off-season when it comes to cov-ering the Coast, on land and at sea.

For more information, please visit: sunshinecoastsar.ca.

Search and rescue volunteers practice their water extraction techniques at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre. JANIS FRANKLIN PHOTO


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Allergy triggers are all around, and the rates of those people affected by various allergies seems to be growing. Worldwide, the rise in prevalence of allergic dis-eases has continued in the in-dustrialized world for more than 50 years, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunol-ogy (AAAAI). Sensitization to foreign proteins in one's environment is present in up to 40 per cent of the world's population, the academy says.

An allergy is defined as an overreaction of the human immune system to a foreign protein (allergen) that is eaten, inhaled, touched, or injected into the body. Aller-gies can cause such reactions as stuffy or runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing/sneez-ing, rashes, and hives. More severe reactions can include difficulty breathing, a low-ering of blood pressure and asthma attacks.

Millions of visits to physi-cian offices result in a pri-mary diagnosis of allergic rhinitis, or hay fever - one of the most common allergy manifestations. The Centres for Disease Control says 17.6

million Americans were diag-nosed with hay fever in the past 12 months. Allergic rhi-nitis is a common condition that creates symptoms simi-lar to a cold. Unlike a cold, which is caused by a virus, al-lergic rhinitis is an allergic re-sponse to any number of trig-gers. Usually hay fever can be brought on by any number of allergens and sometimes it can be difficult to narrow down the exact cause. How-ever, here are some of the more common allergens:

*Pollen: Of all things that can cause an allergy, those resulting from pollen tend to be the most prolific. Pollen can be released from trees, grasses, weeds, and flowers

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throughout much of the year. While the main goal of pol-len is to fertilize other plants, pollen that is inhaled can cause allergic reactions. It's one of the more difficult al-lergens to avoid since pollen is virtually everywhere.

*Dust: Dust is an accumu-lation of microscopic parti-cles that become trapped in a home. A large portion of dust is comprised of dust mites. WebMD says about 20 mil-lion Americans are allergic to dust mites and their waste. Dust mites feed on skin from pets and humans. They tend to spike in numbers during warmer weather or if indoor temperatures are kept at 24 C or higher. Cleaning using a HEPA filter vacuum can keep dust at a minimum. Air puri-fiers also may be able to help.

*Animal dander: Millions of pet owners have an allergy to their animals, says AAAAI. It's not the fur of the animal that causes the trouble, but usually proteins found in a pet's shed skin, saliva and urine that can cause prob-lems. Keep in mind that there are no truly hypoallergenic breeds, and length of hair or fur will not eliminate aller-gies. An allergist may be able to suggest a course of treat-ment.

*Mould: Tiny fungi with spores that float through the air, mould is yet another common allergen. The most common allergy-causing moulds include Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium. Preventing the environment needed for mould to grow can reduce al-lergic reactions. This primar-ily means airing out homes to keep them dry.

Allergies can occur all year long and be bothersome. Working with an allergist and avoiding the most common triggers can help people feel more comfortable.

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Going travelling this Spring Break? Do you or your child experience motion sick-ness? It is not uncommon for children and adults to expe-rience motion sickness while travelling in cars, boats and planes. It can be distress-ing for children, especially when travelling away from

home and can make travel-ling challenging for parents when dealing with an ill child. However, there are ho-meopathic remedies that can help prevent and treat the symptoms of motion sick-ness which are safe, gentle and easy to take without side effects.

If your trip is going to be long, then you can take the remedy 2-3 times every three hours the day before you will be travelling. On the day of travel take the remedy ev-ery 2-3 hours, up to 4 doses.

But if symptoms are severe, a remedy can be taken every 20-30 minutes for up to 4 doses until symptoms are re-lieved. For shorter trips take the remedy 2 hours before travel, one just before and one during traveling if you are experiencing symptoms.

The following homeopath-ic remedies are common for motion sickness. Choose the one that best fits you or your child’s symptoms in a 30c po-tency:

Cocculus – nausea, vomit-ing and dizziness and some-times headaches from mo-tion, nausea worse from sight or smell of food, prefers to lie down as getting up can make nausea and dizziness worse, lots of salivation.

Petroleum – dizzyiness and nausea, breaks out into a cold sweat, is pale and faint, desires the open air, pain in the back of the head or back, empty feeling in stomach that is not made better by eating,

excessive salivation.Tabacum – extreme nau-

sea and dizziness, chilly and pale, green appearance and profuse cold sweat, wants to lie still in the dark with eyes closed, violent vomiting and retching with any movement, better from uncovering the abdomen.

Nux Vomica – nauseous and irritable from overeat-ing at the beginning of a trip, splitting headache and buzz-ing in the ears.

Most pharmacies and health food stores carry or can order homeopathic rem-edies.

If none of the those rem-edies help, and nausea and

vomiting persist, seek profes-sional and medical help.

If you or your child expe-rience motion sickness re-currently then this can also be treated constitutionally though homeopathic treat-ment, as this is a chronic con-dition and can be resolved by addressing the deeper un-derlying condition.

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Sunshine CoastMarch 10SC Skating Club’s annual figure skating performance, with raffle and silent auction, Gibsons arena, 6-7:30pm, by donationMarch 11Opening party for Young People’s Art Show, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 3:30-6:30pmMarch 11Meet and greet with writers attending the spring writers’ retreat, Gumboot Cafe, Gibsons, 7-8:30pm, freeMarch 11Coffee house with musicians and singers, School of Music, Madeira Park, 7:30-9:30pm, $10 suggested donationMarch 11UBC professor Paul Hickson talk on extremely large telescopes, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, by donationMarch 12Seedy Saturday, annual seed exchange, plant sale and workshops, Roberts Creek Hall, 11am-4pmMarch 12Elder care fair, Activity Centre, Sechelt, 2-3:30pm, freeMarch 12Singer-songwriter Joel Fafard, performing songs from his new album “Fowl Mood”, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 7-10pm, $20 advance, $25 at the doorMarch 12Public viewing at the astronomical society’s telescope, Sechelt Airport, top of Field Rd., 7pm, weather permittingMarch 12Literary cabaret, ten writers with five minutes each, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7:30pm, $20March 13SC Model Railroad Club open house, 937 Stewart Rd. (near North and Reed), Gibsons, 11am-3pmMarch 13A cappella singing with musica intima, School of Music, Madeira Park, 2pm, $25March 13Classical guitarist Miodrag Zerdoner, Living Faith Lutheran Church, Davis Bay, 2pm, $20March 13Harry Manx concert, fundraiser for Rose Swartz, Sechelt Legion, 8pm, $30March 16Opening reception for new exhibits by David Taylor and John Tesloveanu, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 7-9pmMarch 17St. Patrick’s Day with Grant Olsen and others, Roberts Creek Legion, 5pm, after 7:30 members $7, guests $14March 17St. Patrick’s Day pub event with Skinny Jimmy and band, Madeira Park Legion, 6pm

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On Sunday, March 13, clas-sical a cappella ensemble musica intima plays at the School of Music in Madeira

Park. The eight member en-semble is well known for its unique approach to choral music and its clear, warm sound. Caitlin Beaupre, one of the group’s sopranos since 2009, joined the group be-cause of their collaborative approach. “Everyone just works together to create the

music and the performance,” explains Beaupre. “There’s a committee that selects the music and a presentation committee that looks at how the music can be enhanced either through a different standing arrangement or movement.”

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is also about living up to the group’s name. “We have a very connected performance style with the audience,” says Beaupre. “It’s intimate. We consider the audience our ninth member.” A cappella is also a style that lends itself to intimacy with the sing-ers voices standing on their own so timbre and timing are crucial. “There’s some-thing about a cappella sing-ing that’s really special,” says Beaupre. “It’s more acces-sible in people’s mind since Pitch Perfect and Glee and we perform a mix of genres, a real melange of some of our favourite music.” That mix of genres includes contem-porary music. Through their novum musica program, mu-sica intima asks composers to send them new composi-tions. Some are then invited to a workshop where the group sings the piece, work-ing through it, providing the composer with valuable feedback. “It’s important we do this,” says Beaupre. “We always want to be champion-ing new Canadian composers and one way we can do that is to help new composers

write for our genre.” An ex-ample of the kind of contem-porary new Canadian music being sung by musica intima is Dring, dring by Montreal-based Ana Sokolović. The singers imitate cellphone ringtones and answer the calls in four languages: French, English, Spanish and Serbian.

The audience on Sunday will “definitely be exposed to all sorts of fun new things as well as some beautiful har-monies,” promises Beaupre. “We have a unique sound that’s different. We’re small-er so it’s not the usual choir sound.” The program of mu-sic will include everything from secular to sacred and classical to folk and contem-porary. “There will be mu-sic for everyone, like a sonic massage,” laughs Beaupre. “We’ll be performing some really feel good, lush music.”

musica intima plays the School of Music in Madeira Park, Sunday, March 13 at 2pm. Tickets $25 available at Harbour Insurance, the Sech-elt Visitor Centre or online at penderharbourmusic.ca

The eight members of musica intima perform March 13 at the School of Music in Madeira Park. WENDY D. PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council is excited to present our next exhibit at the Doris Crowston Gallery in Sechelt, featuring the works of David j. Taylor, “Chances Are” and John Tesloveanu, “Nature in

My Time”. John Tesloveanu, is a self-

taught artist, originally from Austria, who comes to the Sunshine Coast by way of var-ious Canadian locales, most notably, Thompson, Manito-

Self-taught artists exhibitba, where he was an advocate for furthering the arts North of the 55th parallel. Always an outdoors man, Tesloveanu’s work portrays the beauty of Canada, its people, environ-ment and landscape. Though

he works primarily in oils and watercolours his unique landscape interpretation in-cludes work in monoprints, woodcuts, and linoprints as well as soapstone carvings. The recipient of numerous awards, Tesloveanu’s work currently resides in many private collections in Canada and elsewhere, including that of former Canadian Governor General Ed Schreyer.

Albertan, David j. Taylor, another self-taught artist, picked up a paint brush and spatula for the first time in late 2013 and he has been exploring abstract art exten-sively ever since, focusing mainly on acrylics. Since the late ‘80’s Taylor has worked professionally in the music industry as a record pro-ducer, audio engineer and

singer/songwriter. His sound work on the 2012 NFB short film, “Wild Life” earned him an Academy Award nomina-tion and an expanded ap-preciation of visual art. The sounds he created for the film were an integral part of the story told visually from hand drawings. As can be expected, Taylor believes his work as an abstract painter is greatly informed by a close connec-tion between sound and the visual.

“Chances Are” and “Nature in my Time” runs from March 16 – April 17t, at the Sun-shine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt. Opening reception is on Wed., March 16 from 7-9pm. For further information go to our web-site at www.sunshinecoast-artscentre.com. Submitted

A painting by John Tesloveanu, one of two artists in a new show at the Arts Centre in Sechelt. PHOTO SUBMITTED


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No plot is too small: you can grow your own dinner even on a patio. To begin, sim-ply send an email to [email protected] stating your in-terest in the project.

Five reasons to grow your own food: 1. Reduce your food bills by supplementing your meals with healthy, easy to grow foods (think fresh kale, let-tuce, cherry tomatoes, and

beans) from your garden. 2. Tantalize your taste buds with local and heirloom vari-eties that are not available in the grocery store. 3. Involve the whole family in the experience of growing food, and learn about where food comes from, and appre-ciate eating the bounty to-gether.4. Fresh food is healthier and tastier. 5. It is 2016 – we decided as a community to strive for growing 20 per cent of our food by 2020.

Come out to Seedy Satur-day (March 12, 11am-4pm-Roberts Creek Hall) to sign up for Grow Your Own Dinner in person, and while doing so enjoy the seed exchange, farm market, seed and seed-ling vendors, workshops and local cuisine. Contact: [email protected], or www.ones-traw.ca for further details.

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A portion of the garden created by Peter Korn in Sweden, where plants are encouraged to grow the way they do in nature. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Perennial favourite Egan Davis returns to the Bo-tanical Garden for a talk on March 19, following a visit to gardening guru Peter Korn in Sweden.

Korn has a two-hectare garden located in Eskilsby, Sweden, where he is building a private botanic garden, us-ing mostly sand and gravel. The area was covered with dense forest before he began

to clear it for his garden.By allowing plants in the

garden to have similar grow-ing conditions as in the wild, it can be easy to maintain functional plantings.

Davis returned from his working visit to Korn’s gar-den last summer ecstatic with his new understanding of plants growing in habitat communities that mimic nat-ural ecosystems.

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speaker, Davis will pique your interest and possibly change your gardening ways.

Davis appears at the Gar-den in West Sechelt, Satur-day, March 19 at 2pm.

$15 for Botanical Garden members, $20 for non-mem-bers Tickets available by email [email protected] or by phone 604-740-3969. Submitted

Paul Hickson, a professor in the department of physics and astronomy at the Uni-versity of British Columbia, will do a presentation on Extremely Large Telescopes at the Arts Centre in Sechelt, March 11 at 7:30pm.

Hickson has research in-terests in several areas of extragalactic astronomy, in-cluding galaxies, clusters of galaxies, active galactic nu-clei and cosmology. He also spends time developing new astronomical instruments, such as liquid-mirror tele-scopes, robotic telescopes, and instruments to measure atmospheric turbulence. He currently serves as Co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Thirty Meter Telescope and was Project Scientist for its adap-tive optics system.

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Adding a touch of whimsy to gardening can make it that much more attractive to children. Perhaps that is why fairy gardens have become so popular among young-sters. Fairy gardens can be designed in outdoor gardens or in containers that children can nurse and enjoy indoors. Here are six steps to get your fairy garden up and running.1. Choose your container or location. Decide where to place the fairy garden. Hol-lowed-out tree stumps are

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Fairy gardens for the youngsome seashells and coloured stones.3. Draw up your design. Be-fore securing anything in the container or digging into your garden bed, sketch out a garden design. This gives you an idea of how the fin-ished product will look. Even before planting, gently place plants and other components in their spots and move them around accordingly until you find the desired look.4. Include similar-needs plants. Mixing plants that have different requirements can make it challenging to care for the fairy garden, so select plants that require similar levels of sunlight, prefer similar soil conditions

and require roughly the same amount of watering. Herbs are a smart choice because they stay small and are easily maintained.5. Don't forget a fairy dwell-ing. You will need to add a house for the fairies to in-habit. Small bird houses can work, but you also can con-sider old teapots, bird-nest-ing boxes or even homemade houses assembled out of bark and twigs. Use your imagina-tion and the garden will take on a life of its own.6. Invite the fairies. Children

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Lawns and gardens can of-ten benefit from the laying of mulch. Mulch serves various purposes in lawns and gar-dens, and many experienced lawn and garden enthusiasts lay mulch to ensure their properties make it through spring, summer and fall un-scathed.

First-time homeowners with little or no landscaping experience may not under-stand the benefits of mulch, which can be used to strength-en soil and protect properties from the elements.

Mulch refers to a material spread around or over a plant to enrich and/or insulate its soil. Many homeowners prefer mulch made of wood chips, which is both effec-tive and readily available. Or-ganic mulches, which include leaves, wood chips, compost or grass clippings, can be used by homeowners who want to develop eco-friendly land-scapes.

Mulching can benefit plants around a property in various ways. Many people lay mulch because the mulch helps soil retain moisture in the sum-mer, when temperatures tend to be at their hottest. This can help plants survive summer heat waves.

Mulch also can be used to suppress weeds. Weeds, which steal moisture plants need to build strong roots and survive summer, need light to grow. When laid correctly, mulch deprives weeds of the light they need to grow. Or-ganic mulches can even pro-vide homes for crickets and a type of beetle that feed on weed seeds.

Mulch also can deter harm-ful pests depending on the type of mulch homeowners choose. When purchasing mulch, homeowners will have to choose between the afore-mentioned organic mulch or man-made mulches, which may be made of plastic or

Much to like about mulchrubber. While man-made mulches may repel pests, they also can have adverse ef-fects. Plastic, for example, can heat up in the summer and cause plants to burn. Certain organic mulches can repel in-sects that can threaten plants. That's because the majority of organic mulches increase the amount of beneficial bac-teria in the soil, and they also increase the presence of help-ful insects that do not pose a threat to plant life. Those help-ful insects help keep harm-ful insects at bay. Compost is a type of organic mulch that may attract harmful insects. While that does not mean homeowners should shy away from using compost as mulch, they should know that they may need to employ organic insecticides to combat their unwanted guests.

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can invite fairies to take up residence (fairies often show up at night and tend to re-main unseen), or children can create their own fairies using craft materials.

Fairy gardens are a fun way to introduce children to gardening. Once families get started, they may want to cre-ate entire fairy villages.

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Although not necessarily known for its cuisine, Ireland does boast many delicious dishes that have withstood the test of time. And you can increase your Irish cred on St. Patrick’s Day by being familiar with these menu items:• Irish stew: Irish stew is the ultimate in one-pot cook-ing. Traditionally made with mutton, Irish stew is stewed for hours until tender. Pota-toes, onions and carrots may be added to the pot. Today,

you may find Irish stew made with lamb, stock and herbs to give it an intense flavour pro-file.• Crubeens: Derived from the word cru^abin, meaning "pig's trotter," this is an Irish dish made of boiled pigs' feet. Often they are battered and fried, broiled or baked.• Bacon and cabbage: This tasty dish consists of un-sliced back bacon boiled with cabbage and potatoes, and sometimes turnips and car-rots are added. The bacon

Irish cooking explainedused may vary, but the bacon is usually cured using brine. Corned beef and cabbage was born in the late 19th cen-tury when Irish immigrants living in the United States be-gan substituting corned beef for the bacon because corned beef was more readily avail-able.• Black pudding: Despite its designation as "pudding," this is neither a dessert nor the pudding North Americans are familiar with. Pudding in many areas of the United

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Cabbage, root vegetables and potatoes are common compo-nents of Irish cooking. METRO PHOTO

St. Patrick's Day is syn-onymous with many things, most notably the jovial at-mosphere of the various events celebrating both the life of St. Patrick and Irish culture.

Cocktails made with cof-fee date back quite far, but Irish coffee does not have to go back too far to trace its history. In the mid-20th cen-tury, chef Joe Sheridan was

working in Foynes, County Limerick when a group of United States-bound trav-ellers found themselves stranded due to inclem-ent weather that grounded their plane. Whether he was trying to warm them up or wake them up after their ordeal, Sheridan served the passengers coffee with a lit-tle bit of Irish whiskey mixed in. When the group inquired

The invention of Irish coffeeas to what they were drink-ing, Sheridan reportedly told them, "that's Irish coffee."

Irish coffee has now taken on many variations across the globe, but those who want a more traditional taste of Irish coffee this St. Pat-rick's Day can prepare the following recipe courtesy of A.J. Rathbun's "Good Spirits" (Harvard Common Press).

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Irish CoffeeINGREDIENTS:• 1 ½ ounces Irish whiskey• ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see right)• 6 ounces fresh hot coffee• Whipped cream (optional)

DIRECTIONS:1. Add the whiskey and simple syrup to a mug.2. Fill the mug with hot coffee. If that something extra is desired, top with whipped cream.

Simple SyrupINGREDIENTS:• 2 ½ cups water• 3 cups sugar

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Makes 4 ½ cups

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Members of the Sun-shine Coast RCMP recently teamed up with athletes from the Sunshine Coast Special Olympics basketball teams in Sechelt for a night of fun, laughter and great memories. Special Olympics basketball is so popular that there are actually two teams in Sechelt and one team in Gibsons.

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Around 1 pm on March 4, staff at a clothing store in the 900 block of Gibsons Way saw a male trying to steal a pair of pants. After be-ing spotted, the male left the pants in the store, but fled to a nearby car. Police located

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Between the evening of March 4 and the morning of March 7, a commercial building in the 5500 block of Shorncliffe Avenue in Sechelt was broken into. Damage was done to the building, chairs were thrown around, and the interior was spray painted. Police are continuing to in-vestigate this thoughtless act of vandalism. Anyone with information is asked to con-tact Sunshine Coast RCMP or Crimestoppers.COLLISIONS

Around 11:30 pm on March 4, Sunshine Coast RCMP attended a single-vehicle rollover on the Sun-shine Coast Highway near Conrad Road. The driver and his male passenger were taken to hospital with unde-termined injuries, and the

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The time has come to reach out to a wider spectrum of associations. Meaningful encounters and exchanges with significant others is implied. Rich exchanges of ideas, ideals and dreams could prove inspirational indeed, especially regarding future possibilities. Yet, for the present, avoid leaning on others and be ready to take full responsibility of all your personal affairs. Libra (Sep 22–Oct 22)

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55% OFF

SAVE $900Terracotta 2 Pocket CoilQueen Mattress SetReg. 1599.97 TCOTA2QP

Full Set $697 After Discount Reg. 1549.97 SAVE $852 TCOTA2FP

55% OFF

SAVE $1100Barolo 2 Eurotop Pocket CoilQueen Mattress SetReg. 1999.97 BAROL2QP

King Set $1214 After Discount Reg. 2699.97 SAVE $1485 BAROL2KP

55% OFF

SAVE $1320Wellington Square 2 Euro Pillowtop Pocket Coil Queen Mattress Set Reg. 2399.97 WSQRE2QP

King Set $1394 After Discount Reg. 3099.97 SAVE $1705 WSQRE2KP

ALL SIZES ~ NO EXCEPTIONS! ALL SIZES ~ NO EXCEPTIONS!

50% OFF+

ALL SIZES ~ NO EXCEPTIONS! ALL SIZES ~ NO EXCEPTIONS!

$499QUEEN

SET

After Discount

$699QUEEN

SET

After Discount

Twin Set $449 After Discount Reg. 899.97 SAVE $450 SIGNA2TP

$899QUEEN

SET

After Discount

$1079QUEEN

SET

After Discount

55% OFF+

55% OFF+

55% OFF+

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