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Snow levels rebound after dry winter

Snow levels rebound after dry winter

Forecasts call for warmer spring

Briefly: April 11, 2014

Flaw exposes personal info Internet security experts are scrambling to patch an alarming encryption vulnerability that has exposed millions of passwords and personal information.

CrimeStoppers: April 9, 2014

Week of March 31 to April 6, 2014 Total calls for service = 120 Impaired driving = 0 Assaults = 3 Break and enters = 2 Thefts = 7 Mischief = 2 1. April 1 North harbour The gate nearest to the boat launch in the north harbour was damaged.

Quick Peaks: April 9, 2014

$10,000 cash prize A young Powell River mother has won $10,000 in a national contest to find Canada’s craftiest family.

School board briefs: April 9, 2014

District receives grant approval School District 47 administrators were pleased to learn that their grant application for upgrades, worth more than $400,000 at Brooks Secondary School’s welding shop, had been approved.

Crime rate numbers low

Police to focus efforts on four areas
Students sharpen political prowess

Students sharpen political prowess

Powell River factors in legislative program

Ferries group makes progress

Revised schedules improve connectivity
Model boaters bite back over race course

Model boaters bite back over race course

Record is set straight on Cranberry Lake
Coast guard plucks six from ocean

Coast guard plucks six from ocean

Life jackets instrumental in rescue after sailboat sinks