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Flashback: 50 years ago today in Powell River

Flashback: 50 years ago today in Powell River

The photo above and articles below were published in the Powell River News on October 9, 1969.
Let's Talk Trash: Transparent about glass

Let's Talk Trash: Transparent about glass

Perhaps it’s fitting that glass is usually transparent, because we often look right past it. Take a quick inventory of how glass serves you daily. Coming in many forms, from lightbulbs to mirrors and fiberglass to medical equipment, it’s everywhere.
PROWLS: Rescue of the week

PROWLS: Rescue of the week

Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society nurses baby crows back to health
Kicking the Clutter: 10 practical tips to maintain your home

Kicking the Clutter: 10 practical tips to maintain your home

Powell River-based professional organizer offers up organizing and maintenance advice
The Cougar Lady Chronicles, chapter 5: The celebrity

The Cougar Lady Chronicles, chapter 5: The celebrity

The life and times of Nancy Crowther, Cougar Queen of Okeover Inlet
Here is what to do if you run into a cougar, black bear, or grizzly bear in B.C.

Here is what to do if you run into a cougar, black bear, or grizzly bear in B.C.

While there are a number of ways to avoid running into wild animals, staying out of the wilderness certainly isn’t the most ideal one.
Flashback: 50 years ago today in Powell River

Flashback: 50 years ago today in Powell River

The graphic above and articles below were published in the Powell River News on October 2, 1969. Amateur hockey crease larger Players who start hockey season officially on October 11 will find a new innovation in goal creases.
Powell River Community Resource Centre receives donation

Powell River Community Resource Centre receives donation

DONATION DAY: Powell River MCC Thrift Shop manager Mary McKenzie recently made a cheque presentation in the amount of $7,000 to Powell River Community Resource Centre manager Martyn Woolley.
Let's Talk Trash: Sand, sand everywhere, and none for building

Let's Talk Trash: Sand, sand everywhere, and none for building

Sand, it turns out, is the most consumed resource on the planet after water and air. We are gobbling it up fast, mostly in the form of aggregate for our concrete jungles.
Powell River participants join Worldwide Spin in Public Day

Powell River participants join Worldwide Spin in Public Day

Event brings awareness to making yarn by hand with traditional and modern tools