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The Eagle, 1930-1932

The Peninsula Independent, 1939

Red, White and Blue, 1939

The Coast News, Jul 11, 1945 - Jan 9, 1995

The Peninsula Times, 1948 - 1950

The Sechelt Peninsula Times (a.k.a. The Peninsula Times), Dec 4, 1963 - Jun 11, 1980

The Peninsula Voice, 1970 - 1974

The Shopper (a.k.a. The Shopper Press, The Press), Nov 20, 1974 - Jan 25, 1993

Harbour Speil, 1990 -

Sunshine Coast Journal, 1990 - 1995

The Gibsons Leader, Nov 30, 1990 - Oct 1993

Kahtou News, Jun 1, 1992 - Mar 2011

Coast News Weekender, Jul 23, 1992 - Dec 1994

The Sunshine Press, Feb 1, 1993 - Mar 24, 1995

Sechelt Sun, Nov 15, 1993 - Jun 2, 1995

Sun Lite, 1994 - Jun 2, 1995

Coast Lightning, Nov 27, 1994 - May 21, 1995

Coast Life, 1995 - 1996

Sun of Gibsons, 1995

The Coast Independent, Feb 13, 1995 - Mar 25, 2001

Gibsons Outlook, May 29, 1995 - Jan 2, 1996

The Sechelt Press (a.k.a. The Sunshine Press, The Outlook Press), May 29, 1995 - Mar 17, 1997

The Weekend Outlook (a.k.a. The Coast Outlook), Feb 8, 1996 - Feb 27, 1997

Sechelt Express, Mar 20, 1997 - Dec 24, 1998

The Reporter, Mar 24, 1997 - Mar 25, 2001

The Slant on Sechelt (a.k.a. The Slant on the Coast, The Slant), 1998 - Jan 20, 2000

Coast Reporter, Apr 1, 2001 -

The Local, 2003 - 2021

Good Morning Sunshine!, circa 2011-2012

Zoom Magazine, 2011 -

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For the last three years, the Sunshine Coast has been home to two unique productions of The Nutcracker ballet. In 2023, Waldorf Ballet produced six performances at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt, and the Sunshine Coast Youth Dance Association staged eight performances at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.

In this audio featurette, dancers and instructors from both productions reflect on the Nutcracker's magic, and the legacy of their involvement.

Thanks to dancers Sophie Cimbala, Annah Kotai, Gracelyn Mailey, Waverlee Meisinger (from Waldorf Ballet), Darrow Purjue, Anabelle Topcu Doering, Isabella Watts, Nolan Fahey, Annika Bergman, Peyton Gray, Eibhlin Minatsis, Makenzi Harris, Peter Reznick, Connor Dixon, Nevaeh Power (from the Sunshine Coast Youth Dance Association) as well as instructors Johanna Waldorf (Waldorf Ballet), Zoe Barbaro and Dominique Hutchinson (Sunshine Coast Youth Dance Association).

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The Pender Harbour Choir (affiliated with the Pender Harbour Music Society) marked its 50th anniversary in 2023. The 22-voice ensemble performed “Midwinter Song,” a bracing blend of holiday arrangements under the direction of Kenneth Johnson, on December 8 and 9. The first of the concerts was held at the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden, whose grounds are festooned in iridescent (and sometimes whimsical) seasonal finery.

In this live recording from the December 8 concert, the choir sings Cantate Canon.

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This post presents readings by a selection of contributors to the 13th edition of the Coastal Voices anthology. The annual publication is a joint initiative of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts and School District 46.

These recordings by authors and poets were made on the grounds of Sechelt's Rockwood Pavilion. The murmur of other writers, arriving for the release of the anthology, and the occasional roar of passing aircraft (notably during Flora's reading), provide aural texture to powerful words.

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