Highlights

Making it easier to talk about drinking too much

Stigma stops patients and doctors from discussing alcohol use disorder, say authors of a guide on how to change that.

Oct 20, 2023 9:00 PM Read more >

B.C. family reeling after cancer diagnosis

The couple is trying to survive on one income.

Oct 20, 2023 8:00 PM Read more >

'Everyone wants to be Barbie': Top Halloween costumes in B.C.

Blond wigs are selling fast.

Oct 20, 2023 7:30 PM Read more >

City of Powell River CFO highlights budget public engagement

Councillors and mayor given rundown on two surveys and an open house meeting

Oct 20, 2023 6:45 PM Read more >

September real estate averages in qathet 'skewed' by high sales

Average values on high side compared to 2022 due to high-priced transactions, according to Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board president

Oct 20, 2023 5:45 PM Read more >

Safety alert: Canada-wide recall of gun safes due to 'risk of death'

The wrong person could open this safe because of a programming error.

Oct 20, 2023 4:41 PM Read more >

Powell River Minor Hockey players on trash patrol

U18 Kings clean up as part of fundraising event

Oct 20, 2023 4:08 PM Read more >

Paper Excellence CEO refuses to face federal committee, prompts threat of legal summons

NDP MP Charlie Angus has submitted a notice of motion to issue a legal summons for Paper Excellence CEO Jackson Wijaya, after the forestry tycoon refused to appear before a federal committee.

Oct 20, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

B.C. broker took $329K from seniors, falsified documents, bought real estate

Financial service regulators found insurance broker and mutual fund dealer Alvinder Singh Gill misappropriated over $329,000 of retirement savings from an elderly Langley couple.

Oct 20, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

Former Squamish resident fined $6,000 for animal cruelty

Neddy Tsin was fined and prohibited from having more than one dog as a pet for life as a result of being found guilty of two counts of animal cruelty.

Oct 20, 2023 12:36 PM Read more >