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Team hopes injuries will be a thing of the past

Team hopes injuries will be a thing of the past

Kings wish for healthy new year
BC Ferries changes schedule to accommodate connections

BC Ferries changes schedule to accommodate connections

Saltery Bay to Earls Cove service more customer-friendly

CrimeStoppers: December 23, 2013

Week of December 16 to 20, 2013 Total calls for service = 59 Impaired driving = 1 Assaults = 1 Break and enters = 0 Thefts = 2 Mischief = 2 1.

Quick Peaks: December 23, 2013

Typhoon relief Customers shopping at BC Liquor Stores donated more than $217,000 to support relief efforts in the Philippines. One hundred per cent of these funds have been forwarded to the Canadian Red Cross’s Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund.

School board briefs: December 23, 2013

Funds raised for cancer research Almost $5,000 was raised at two Powell River elementary schools for the Terry Fox Foundation.

Tourism revisits hotel tax

Previous attempt came up short on support

Bylaws permit facility relocation

Proponent plans 30-bed wellness centre

Catalyst forwards funds to city

Barge terminal subdivision awaits completion

Invasive plant management program records successes

Contractor promotes using herbicides as only effective treatment

Briefly: December 27, 2013

Polar plunge Less is more. That’s the organizing principle of this year’s Polar Bear Plunge, according to the event’s coordinator.