Local News

Housing town hall City councillors will be attending Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons’ upcoming town-hall meeting on affordable housing availability at 7 pm on Wednesday, September 14, at Evergreen Theatre.

Texada funding Texada Elementary School is one of 27 schools in BC to receive funding for energy efficiency in 2017.

Greenhouse gas levels remain unchanged despite reduction deadline

Local beaches coveted by tourists from Lower Mainland

City staff investigate vehicle volume and speeds in Townsite and Westview

Island Timberlands plan to restrict beach access near log sort

First nation voters prepare to elect new leaders

Younger students first to be taught new education model

A plane crash late on the morning of Monday, September 5 has claimed the life of a pilot flying into Powell River from Pitt Meadows. David Tetarenko, a 54-year-old pilot from Coquitlam, originally from Powell River, was the only person on the plane.

Cranberry fire A house was saved after Powell River Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire on the 6900 block of Cranberry Street around 3:30 pm on Sunday, August 28.