Beeton’s Nancy Chapple-Smokler remembers flying into Molly’s Reach restaurant in Gibsons, B.C., as a 10-year-old girl to start filming the first episode of “The Beachcombers” in 1971. More than 50 ...

Nancy Chapple, Bob Park, and Pat John on the Persephone in the 1970s. Bruno Gerussi and Pat John. Beloved for its cast of eclectic, blue-collar characters and oceanside scenery, The Beachcombers ...

Good morning. It’s Thursday and our top story is ‘The Beachcombers’ star, Beeton’s Nancy Chapple-Smokler, reminisces 50 years later.