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Kicking the Clutter: Spring cleaning and clearing your home

Kicking the Clutter: Spring cleaning and clearing your home

Wet and chilly winter days have come to an end in beautiful and active Powell River. While we've been hibernating, extra clutter slipped in, making spring cleaning look challenging to deal with.
Around Powell River: Community listings

Around Powell River: Community listings

Here are the events coming up Around Powell River: Thursday, March 28 Sunset Wheelers 4x4 group meets on the last Thursday of every month at 7 pm at Paparazzi Pizza. Saturday, April 6 Powell River Garden Club presents a special speaker Dr.
Powell River fundraiser brings laughs and good-natured pranks

Powell River fundraiser brings laughs and good-natured pranks

Dry grad committee delivers toilet lawn ornament to homes and businesses
Community brief: Powell River Transition House Society receives donation

Community brief: Powell River Transition House Society receives donation

COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Shoppers Drug Mart staff members [from left] Lindsay Zakkour, Susan Monk, owner Andrew Fong and [from right] Laura Adams, Corinne Franklin and Tracy Kenmuir recently presented Powell River Transition House Society executive directo
PROWLS: Rescue of the week

PROWLS: Rescue of the week

Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society sends poisoned owl to Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta
Let's Talk Trash: Not all plastics are created equal

Let's Talk Trash: Not all plastics are created equal

To the delight of many, recycling depots across BC started collecting a new category of plastics last June. Overnight, all that packaging we didn’t know what to do with suddenly had a place to go other than a landfill.
Community brief: Powell River figure skaters meet Patrick Chan and Elizabeth Putnam

Community brief: Powell River figure skaters meet Patrick Chan and Elizabeth Putnam

Powell River Skating Club members [from left] Zeyta Thomas, six, Anna Salome, five, and Samantha, Ratzlaff, eight, took part in a seminar in Gibsons earlier this month led by three-time world figure skating champion and multiple Olympic medalist Patr
Lund covets wedding destination status

Lund covets wedding destination status

Community north of Powell River sets sights on couples seeking unique destination for nuptials
Around Powell River: Community listings

Around Powell River: Community listings

Don’t Miss this Week: Friday, March 22 Dina Del Bucchia poetry reading Powell River Public Library presents author and poet Dina Del Bucchia discussing poetry, fiction and writing at 7 pm at the library, 6975 Alberni Street.
Let's Talk Trash: Thinking outside the pots

Let's Talk Trash: Thinking outside the pots

With fingers and green thumbs crossed, many gardeners are hoping spring may finally have sprung. Seeds are being sown indoors and out, and favourite varieties were scooped up at last weekend’s Seedy Saturday event at Powell River Recreation Complex.