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Powell River Recreation Complex hosts annual oldtimers game

Powell River Recreation Complex hosts annual oldtimers game

Local hockey team downs visitors from Sechelt in first of home-and-home series
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Baldrey: Children, family ministry is the toughest file in B.C.'s government

Baldrey: Children, family ministry is the toughest file in B.C.'s government

There have been 14 ministers in the role since its creation in 1996. Why columnist Keith Baldrey believes they've been "judged harsher" than any other MLA.
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Yearly real estate sales figures drop in qathet region

Yearly real estate sales figures drop in qathet region

Statistics in 2023 down from record highs in 2022
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'I forgot': BC RCMP reporting 'shocking' and 'dramatic' rise of uninsured cars

'I forgot': BC RCMP reporting 'shocking' and 'dramatic' rise of uninsured cars

Are more British Columbians forgetting to renew their car insurance because they no longer need to put a date decal on their plates? BC RCMP suggest so.
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Healthy Living: Breathe a better reality

Healthy Living: Breathe a better reality

From our first gulp of oxygen as a baby to now, we almost breathe our reality into existence
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In memoriam: David E. Campbell

In memoriam: David E. Campbell

David resided for most of his life in Victoria and Sidney, with his final years in Powell River
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Good morning, Peak readers

Good morning, Peak readers

Photo feature of the day, today in history, the weather forecast and local gas prices
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Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month brings attention to hidden dangers of firefighting

Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month brings attention to hidden dangers of firefighting

Over 75 per cent of firefighter fatalities are directly associated with cancer, according to Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs.
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Three in four Canadians support funding for in-vitro fertilization, new polling finds

Three in four Canadians support funding for in-vitro fertilization, new polling finds

This coming July, Louise Brown will celebrate her 46th birthday. Brown was the first person to be born as a result of in-vitro fertilization.
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Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

An investigation from the Washington-based group found investments in B.C.'s Golden Triangle have the 'structural and operational attributes of a Ponzi scheme.' 
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