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Powell River school board honours retirees and welcomes new trustees

Powell River school board honours retirees and welcomes new trustees

Swearing-in ceremony ushers in new voices
Province announces Powell River gaming grant recipients

Province announces Powell River gaming grant recipients

Multiple organizations to share more than $300,000 in funding
NEB to hear traditional Indigenous evidence in Trans Mountain review

NEB to hear traditional Indigenous evidence in Trans Mountain review

The National Energy Board will hear oral traditional evidence from Indigenous groups in the coming weeks as part of its new review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Police patrol: Powell River crime report

Police patrol: Powell River crime report

Powell River RCMP reported the following for November 1 to 7, 2018.
This ranking of Canada’s Most Dangerous Places will help you know which places to avoid

This ranking of Canada’s Most Dangerous Places will help you know which places to avoid

Planning a move, vacation, or night out? You might want to consult the just-released 2019 rankings of Canada’s Most Dangerous Places .
This is what you do if your referendum package doesn't arrive

This is what you do if your referendum package doesn't arrive

The initial mailout for referendum voting packages is now done. But what happens if you don’t receive one in the mail? Eligible voters who did not receive a voting package have until midnight Nov.
Five more salmonella cases in western Canada linked to long English cucumbers

Five more salmonella cases in western Canada linked to long English cucumbers

Forty-two people in B.C. have become sick from a salmonella outbreak linked to long English cucumbers
Wilderness vanishing rapidly, mapping project shows

Wilderness vanishing rapidly, mapping project shows

The world's last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, with explicit international conservation targets critically needed, according to an international team of scientists that includes a University of Northern British Columbia professort.
20-bed shelter to open later this month in Powell River

20-bed shelter to open later this month in Powell River

Temporary cold-weather housing will stay open seven days a week until March
Police have arrested the man who lost it over an ‘Iced Capp’ at a New West Tim Hortons

Police have arrested the man who lost it over an ‘Iced Capp’ at a New West Tim Hortons

The man seen on surveillance footage flipping out at a Tim Hortons in New Westminster in September is now facing criminal charges. Alan Sam Deguillaume was arrested on Oct. 15 in Powell River, according to New Westminster Police.