City names fire chief
City of Powell River has promoted deputy fire chief Terry Peters to the post of director of emergency services and chief of Powell River Fire Rescue.
Peters, a 25-year veteran of the force, had served as recently retired fire chief Dan Ouellette’s assistant and deputy since 2009.
Peters said he is excited to take the position and continue his work with regional volunteer fire departments, emergency social services and Canadian Red Cross.
“Chief Ouellette did a fabulous job and was an incredibly good mentor,” said Peters. “We’re going to carry on in the same direction he set.”
Peters received his gold chief stripes from mayor Dave Formosa at the city council meeting Thursday, May 5.
City chief administrative officer Mac Fraser stated at the meeting that over the course of his career he has had to make several tough decisions, but choosing Peters for the job was not one of them.
Community forest grants
City council approved almost $900,000 of grant funds from Powell River Community Forest on Thursday, May 5.
The largest grants went to fund the creation of a public climbing wall that will be located inside the Warehouse in Townsite, a city park on the corner of Marine Avenue and Alberni Street and an outdoor garden space at Evergreen Extended Care Unit.
Over the past six years the community forest has contributed close to $5.3 million to city and community projects in Powell River.
