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Kicking the Clutter: How to discard sentimental items

Kicking the Clutter: How to discard sentimental items

It can be hard to part with things that are meaningful to us.
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qathet Museum and Archives wants to be a sustainable institution

qathet Museum and Archives wants to be a sustainable institution

Museums important for celebrating and remembering history
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Participants pick favourites at VIU chowder challenge

Participants pick favourites at VIU chowder challenge

Students, volunteers and Northside Fire Department Association make event a success
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Damage to luxury handbag costs B.C. woman $1,468

Damage to luxury handbag costs B.C. woman $1,468

A woman borrowed her friend's luxury chain wallet handbag to go to Dubai.
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Sales fall in Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board area

Sales fall in Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board area

Statistics show slower April than numbers from same month in 2022
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Nearly 40% of land burned in B.C., U.S. wildfires linked to carbon pollution

Nearly 40% of land burned in B.C., U.S. wildfires linked to carbon pollution

The first of its kind study, which stretched from B.C. and Alberta to the U.S.-Mexico border, found major fossil fuel emitters were responsible for nearly half the increase in fire prone conditions since 1901.
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Two qathet region organizations receive crime prevention funding

Two qathet region organizations receive crime prevention funding

“Giving people the skills to build and strengthen relationships helps make our community stronger and safer." ~ Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons
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Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

EDMONTON — They're affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they're mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once happened.
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WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

WestJet continued to ramp up operations on Friday in an effort to restore the long weekend travel plans of thousands of passengers upended by flight cancellations before the airline reached a last-minute deal with its pilots.
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Camping fee adjustment endorsed by City of Powell River Council

Camping fee adjustment endorsed by City of Powell River Council

Rates at Willingdon Beach Campsite will have a series of increases over the next few years
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