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Volume 17, Issue 34
Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, August 22, 2019 An Original Puppet Show
A Bird On A Wire
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BC Ferries Profit Page 2
A Busy Police Dog Page 3
Granthams Hall Renovation Page 5
Greens On Recycling Page 6
New Whale Watching Rules Page 7
What’s Happening Pages 8 to 9
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A bird on a wire knocked out power to downtown Sechelt on Monday, Aug.19 – or rather a bird on two wires. A seagull (inset) apparently touched two wires at the same time in the alley between Cowrie St. and Teredo St. just after 1pm, causing a short. That killed the bird and automatically shut down the substation serving most of downtown Sechelt. After BC Hydro crews inspected the wires, the power was turned back on after a little more than an hour. It was an hour when most merchants were shut down and office workers wandered around in the sunshine, contemplating, perhaps, the central role of electricity in their lives. A seagull had died, but not in vain. JOHN GIBBS PHOTOS
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