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Healthy Living: Tips for healthy sun exposure

Healthy Living: Tips for healthy sun exposure

Before you run out and get this season’s stock of sunscreen, consider the following: Did you know that only about three per cent of cancers may be caused by sun overexposure and 97 per cent may be related to our under-exposure, which leads to a lack
PROWLS: Rescue of the week

PROWLS: Rescue of the week

Bewildered bird bounces back at Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society
Let's Talk Trash: The not 'OK' cup

Let's Talk Trash: The not 'OK' cup

Just when we could barely stand the thought of preparing the coffee machine for tomorrow morning’s java, the single-serve coffee pod arrived on scene to save the day.
Powell River students learn firsthand about salmon enhancement

Powell River students learn firsthand about salmon enhancement

Hatchery classroom program brings marine education to life
Student Life: Isolation and loneliness

Student Life: Isolation and loneliness

With the struggles of mental health and stress, we can come to a place where we feel extremely isolated. We may lose our sense of connection with those we love and thus fall deeper into a hole.
Around Town: Community listings

Around Town: Community listings

Don't miss this week: Saturday, May 12 United Church Cookie Walk Many varieties of cookies by the pound, a plant sale and a luncheon with a strawberry shortcake dessert highlight the annual United Church Cookie Walk.
Donated flower bulbs bring blooms to schools

Donated flower bulbs bring blooms to schools

Project gives students hands-on gardening knowledge
PROWLS: Rescue of the Week

PROWLS: Rescue of the Week

Swan recovers at Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society after enduring storm gusts
Powell River environmental health officer moves to Squamish

Powell River environmental health officer moves to Squamish

Inspector and instructor Dan Glover accepts job offer and promotion within Vancouver Coastal Health
Let's Talk Trash: China’s national sword

Let's Talk Trash: China’s national sword

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.