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Powell River's Dr. David May receives provincial award

Powell River's Dr. David May receives provincial award

Physician honoured for spending his career making things better through system change
Pender Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Saturday is Egmont Day!

Pender Harbour-Egmont Highlights: Saturday is Egmont Day!

Also, Pender Harbour Blues Fest runs all weekend
North Vancouver Island school district faces sex abuse allegations

North Vancouver Island school district faces sex abuse allegations

The suit alleges a Port Hardy Secondary School teacher sexually abused the child starting in 1981 or 1984.
Photos: Best May drag race attendance in a decade

Photos: Best May drag race attendance in a decade

 In what Sunshine Coast Drag Race Association’s Richard Austin called the best May race in a decade, more than 1,150 people – including 70 competitors – crowded to the Sechelt Airport last weekend.
B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek

B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek

The extension to Feb. 1, 2025, applies to the order issued two years ago at the request of the Pacheedaht First Nation.
Net benefits to Canada went unquestioned in big forestry buyouts

Net benefits to Canada went unquestioned in big forestry buyouts

Canadian officials declined to say whether Paper Excellence, the country's largest forestry company, was linked to an overseas conglomerate.
Brooks Secondary School Dry Grad receives donation

Brooks Secondary School Dry Grad receives donation

Students will celebrate their rite of passage later this month
New drug checking technology being used in qathet region

New drug checking technology being used in qathet region

Advanced testing can be done in a matter of minutes with new equipment
qathet Art overview provided for City of Powell River Council

qathet Art overview provided for City of Powell River Council

Councillors heard about how financial and in-kind investments have helped the organization
Poll: 60 per cent of qathet respondents have no emergency plan

Poll: 60 per cent of qathet respondents have no emergency plan

Are you among the 40 per cent who are prepared?