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Volume 17, Issue 06
WEEKLY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, February 7, 2019 Creeker Gets Order Of Cda.
Our Canadian Winter
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Granthams Wharf Repair Page 3
Hands Off Seaweed Page 5
Visitors Centre Page 5
Cell Phones On The Coast Page 6
Literary Speed-Dating Page 7
Ferries To Drop Plastic Straws Page 9
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The Sunshine Coast joined Canada this week, meteorologically and metaphorically, with a blast of winter. We woke up to snow Sunday, Feb. 3 – seen here on Trail Avenue in Sechelt – and then it snowed some more. It was only a few centimetres but it made the roads treacherous, and led to the cancellation of some bus runs and events. (And interrupted year-round golf, see page 7.) High winds forced the rare cancellation of a couple of Horseshoe Bay-Langdale ferry runs. Meanwhile, the temperature dropped below zero and stayed there for a couple of days, with highs forecast to be barely above zero for the rest of the week. On Monday, some school bus routes were cancelled and the SCRD closed its playing fields. And BC Hydro announced that the province’s peak electricity demand on Sunday and Monday jumped 13 per cent from the week before. All of this is laughable to other parts of the country suffering through a “polar vortex”. But we can enjoy the fact that our bit of winter makes Coasters feel a bit more Canadian. Provided, of course, that it doesn’t last too long.
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