Category: Sechelt

Sunshine Coast Restaurants Invite Winter Diners
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Sunshine Coast Restaurants Invite Winter Diners

Posted By on Dec 06, 2011 in EAT & SHOP, FEATURED, Sechelt, Secret Cove/Pender Harbour, Uncategorized

The Restaurant at Painted Boat The Sunshine Coast has a diversity of restaurants and eateries compared to our description of being a ‘rural’ community. It’s one of the things Coasties – and guests – say they appreciate most, especially in the shoulder and off-season. It’s also true that off-peak months are a challenge for restaurants [...]

Dogged determination, in memory of Tundra
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Dogged determination, in memory of Tundra

Posted By on Oct 20, 2011 in COAST PERSONALITIES, Sechelt

by Laurie McConnell Photos courtesy of Duaneburnett.com If you’re new to the Coast you might be forgiven for not knowing about this great dog-friendly cause: Duane Burnett’s singleminded determination to get dog-accessible drinking fountains installed throughout the Sunshine Coast. Many people will recall over a decade of seeing this Sunshine Coast lifestyle chronicler out and [...]

Davis Bay Salmon Fishing Heats Up
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Davis Bay Salmon Fishing Heats Up

Posted By on Aug 30, 2011 in PHOTOS, Sechelt

by Publisher/Editor Laurie McConnell All Photos & Video copyright Matthew Lane, 2011 Wow – the entrance to Chapman Creek is the place to be on the Sunshine Coast for great salmon fishing! The big rains have held off so the schools of salmon – pinks, coho (that’s right, COHO), and springs are holding up along [...]

Getting it Strait
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Getting it Strait

Posted By on Apr 01, 2011 in EAT & SHOP, Sechelt

Whether you’re new to the Sunshine Coast, just visiting, or you’ve been around for a while, it’s time to get to know the Strait again. This Sunshine Coast favorite is an iconic cafe for many. The Strait Cafe used to be over by the Wilson Creek Medicine Shop for a number of years, until constant [...]

St.Mary’s Hospital Expansion
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St.Mary’s Hospital Expansion

Posted By on Mar 29, 2011 in Health Care, LIVE, Sechelt, St. Mary's Hospital Expansion

Click here for the larger PDF Newsletter showing expansion details. This page is dedicated to all the news and events relating to the expansion of St. Mary’s Hospital in Sechelt. St. Mary’s serves the Sunshine Coast from Port Mellon to Egmont and is currently undergoing a $44 million expansion/renovation project that will enable the hospital [...]

Affordable Seniors Housing on the Sunshine Coast
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Affordable Seniors Housing on the Sunshine Coast

Posted By on Feb 25, 2011 in Sechelt, Seniors

In order to build affordably priced seniors housing on the Sunshine Coast, Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities has decided to seek a new site rather than pursue development of the waterfront site beside Snickett Park. Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities, an experienced owner, developer and manager of seniors housing, is pleased to let the Sunshine Coast residents [...]

Owner Carrie Kimberley on opening day
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4Cats Art Studio: go crazy, kids!

Posted By on Jan 31, 2011 in Arts & Culture, FEATURED, PHOTOS, PLAY, Sechelt, Uncategorized

by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell I heard through the grapevine that a new ‘store’ was opening in the Trail Bay Centre this past weekend so dropped by to take a look. Originally I thought an arts studio was opening up in the space next to the washroom entrance on the south side of the mall, near [...]

Review: Day of Revenge
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Review: Day of Revenge

Posted By on Dec 22, 2010 in Art & Artists, Arts & Culture, Sechelt

by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell Sunshine Coast author Deanna Proach’s first novel, Day of Revenge, is a credible start to a promising writing career. Set in revolutionary France, the novel follows the lives of a group of Loyalists determined to fight the Revolutionaries, who are growing more paranoid and erratic by the day. The book centres [...]

A Small Coast Christmas
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A Small Coast Christmas

Posted By on Dec 17, 2010 in COMMUNITY, LIVE, Schools, Sechelt

by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell All across the Sunshine Coast this week schools have been rolling out their festive extravaganzas… high school band concerts, Christmas pageants, elementary school showcases. Going by the over-capacity crowd at West Sechelt Elementary School tonight (the principal apologized for the lack of chairs and said there would be more next year, [...]

Holy Crap! It’s Creekers on the Dragons’ Den!
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Holy Crap! It’s Creekers on the Dragons’ Den!

Posted By on Nov 14, 2010 in BUSINESS, EAT & SHOP, Sechelt

*HAPI FOODS – HOLY CRAP CEREAL IS ON CBC’S DRAGON’S DEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT NOV 17* Come to the special screening at Magellan’s Restaurant in Sechelt (next to the Lighthouse Pub). Doors open 7pm! The Sunshine Coast success story of Holy Crap Cereal just keeps getting better and better. Love the name or hate it, it’s [...]

Sandcastle Competition 2008
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Sandcastle Competition 2010 Images, Davis Bay

Posted By on Jul 12, 2010 in EVENTS, Events Calendar, Festivals, PHOTOS, Sechelt, Uncategorized

by Publisher/Editor Laurie McConnell It’s that time again, and here’s hoping the weather stays great through this first July weekend of 2010. The event this year will be held on Sunday, July 11, starting at approximately 9:30 am for participant registration. Around noon- 1pm is a great viewing time for spectators. I’ll post an addendum [...]

Gray Whale gives birth in Davis Bay – a Rumour?
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Gray Whale gives birth in Davis Bay – a Rumour?

Posted By on Jul 07, 2010 in Bed & Breakfasts, Birding & Wildlife, Halfmoon Bay, PHOTOS, Sechelt, Sightseeing, VIDEOS, Waterfront Stays

Wow, exciting times on the Sunshine Coast. Whales are back along the shore for the first time in many years, drawing crowds out to piers, swim docks, beaches and walking paths hoping for a glimpse. There was some Facebook buzz earlier in the week that there had been a live birth of a baby (calf) [...]

Quilting Club, Canada Day Sechelt
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Canada Day Slideshow

Posted By on Jul 02, 2010 in EVENTS, Events Calendar, PLAY, Sechelt, Uncategorized

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A COOL LARGE-SIZE POSTCARD SERIES What a great day, despite cloudy weather and even a few spits of rain. It meant all the dogs could be out as it was nice and cool; no kids frying on the curbs waiting for parade floats… but it sure didn’t hold back the crowds. [...]

Great's bannock... shh, don't tell my doctor!
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Two legged art is one of a kind…

Posted By on Jun 12, 2010 in Art & Artists, Arts & Culture, COAST PERSONALITIES, EAT & SHOP, PLAY, Sechelt, Sightseeing, VIDEOS

by Laurie McConnell Editor/Publisher, Bigpacific.com’s Guide to the Coast Every weekend April through October, I love visiting the Sechelt Farmer and Artisans Market at the Ravens Cry Theatre lot just across from St. Mary’s Hospital. For one thing, I always stop at Greta’s for freshly made bannock with home preserves (today it was blackberry/blueberry – [...]

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Sechelt: Land Between Two Waters

Posted By on Sep 29, 2009 in LIVE, Sechelt

Featured Sechelt Accommodation A Waterfront Suite, Tuwanek A Place by the Sea Bed & Breakfast   Sechelt Escapes   Sechelt from the air, looking west Photo Courtesy of PhotographyTips.com Sechelt Land between the seas and the centre of the Coast Thanks to Heather Till for compiling this great information! Sechelt Accommodation: Sechelt B&B, Sechelt Cottage [...]

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