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Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

Bronwyn Beairsto is editor of the Coast Reporter.

She moved to the "big city" from Bowen Island, where as editor and reporter for three years, she covered everything from council to cat birthdays.

As a not-so-secret history nerd, Bronwyn loves anything to do with archives and forgotten moments of our past.

She welcomes story ideas, opinions, casual chats or a good jokes.

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Recent Work by Bronwyn

Provincial ministers denounce 'disrespectful statements and death threats' toward shíshálh Nation

Provincial ministers denounce 'disrespectful statements and death threats' toward shíshálh Nation

'We extend our sympathies to those affected by the threats and we affirm our support to all members of shíshálh Nation,' reads a joint statement from the Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin and lhe hiwus yalxwemult (Chief Lenora Joe).
Historic walnut tree behind Molly's Reach felled

Historic walnut tree behind Molly's Reach felled

The black walnut behind Molly's Reach was cut down for safety reasons.
Updated: Henderson responds to SCRD censure, board replacement still to be decided

Updated: Henderson responds to SCRD censure, board replacement still to be decided

This is the SCRD Board's first censure
Updated: State of local emergency declared on the Sunshine Coast because of Clowhom Lake fire

Updated: State of local emergency declared on the Sunshine Coast because of Clowhom Lake fire

'The general population of the Sunshine Coast is not at risk at this time,' emergency operations centre director Rob Michael says as the BC Wildfire and the SCRD respond to a 231-hectare fire at Clowhom Lake.
Horseshoe Bay ferry users warned of GranFondo delays Saturday

Horseshoe Bay ferry users warned of GranFondo delays Saturday

BC Ferries is reminding Bowen Island, Nanaimo and Sunshine Coast customers of the downtown Vancouver to Whistler GranFondo cycling event and related closures Saturday morning.
BC Ferries warns of Langdale, Departure Bay sailing cancellations in September

BC Ferries warns of Langdale, Departure Bay sailing cancellations in September

BC Ferries has cancelled dozens of Sunshine Coast sailings between Sept. 4 and Oct. 9 as it shuffles ferries to cover the Coastal Renaissance's continued absence on the Tsawwassen-Duke Point route.
89-unit development at East Porpoise Bay Road corner passes first reading

89-unit development at East Porpoise Bay Road corner passes first reading

The developer is to hold a public information session and provide a transportation impact assessment and parking study for the busy intersection and surroundings – among other reports – before second reading.
RCMP release photos related to Sechelt stabbing

RCMP release photos related to Sechelt stabbing

Sunshine Coast RCMP is releasing photos of a man who "may have been involved or potentially a witness" in a stabbing in Sechelt in the early hours of July 7.
82-year-old Sunshine Coaster awarded his karate black belt

82-year-old Sunshine Coaster awarded his karate black belt

'As a karate student, you're not really working towards a particular belt, you're just trying to understand what karate is, and to serve its basic tenets – honour, respect and achieving what you can within your own limits,' says the Sunshine Coast's Michael Sherman
As a B.C. senior faces cancer and eviction, advocate pleads for help

As a B.C. senior faces cancer and eviction, advocate pleads for help

Pender Harbour's Bonnie Shotropa is searching for a new home amid rising rent prices and her battle with liver cancer – and after a year of searching, she still can't find somewhere to live.
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