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After two advance voting sessions, April 6 is election day for sixth councillor

The BC Ferries commissioner is planning to set the maximum annual increase for BC Ferries fares at 2.3 per cent for the coming contract. Ferries starts its next “performance term” on April 1, 2020 and it runs until March 31, 2024.

The NDP government has introduced amendments to the Coastal Ferry Act to reflect some of the recommendations from the recent review of the ferry service by former deputy minister Blair Redlin.

An Environment Canada report highlighting a finding that Canada’s temperature is rising twice as fast as the global average offers little insight into the impact on people, says a UVic professor.

Not having to repay amounts to $11 million for the community

Powell River RCMP reported the following for March 28 to April 3, 2019.

The second advance poll for City of Powell River’s byelection is open today until 8 pm. The polling place is at the rear entrance (lower level) of City Hall at 6910 Duncan Street.

B.C.’s New Democrat government suffered an embarrassing defeat in the legislature on a section of its marquee liquefied natural gas bill Tuesday night after its power-sharing partners, the Greens, walked out of a vote.

Animal not naturally occurring and would have had to swim to the island

Program partner qathet Regional District directors voted to contribute $2,500 toward the BC Provincial Nominee Program’sregional pilot for entrepreneur immigration at the regional board’s Monday, March 25, meeting.