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Homeowners continue to struggle against smart meters

Homeowners continue to struggle against smart meters

Residents hold onto their analogs
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Honey and hives make for sweet passion

Honey and hives make for sweet passion

Local beekeeper has kept bees for 56 years
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CrimeStoppers: July 17, 2013

Week of July 9 to 15, 2013 Total calls for service = 112 Impaired driving = 10 Assaults = 3 Break and enters = 3 Thefts = 4 Mischief = 6 1. July 9 4200 block Joyce Avenue Police responded to a mischief complaint.
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Quick Peaks: July 17, 2013

Red tide update A reexamination of the levels of PSP (paralytic shellfish poisoning) by Fisheries and Oceans Canada has led to some bivalve harvesting restrictions being lifted.
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Regional Board Briefs: July 17, 2013

Access sites signage receives approval Powell River Regional District directors have approved spending $5,200 for signs to be installed at 17 waterfront access sites that will be opened this year.
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Pyrotechnic devices create hazardous souvenirs

Texada Island residents warned not to handle used flares or smoke markers
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Council defers funds transfer

Citys lawyers need more time
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Forest service urges extra caution

Wildfire danger rating bumped to high
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School district budget dips

Board looks at 600000 reduction in funds
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Removing logs in watershed gains funding approval

Board chair uses his authority to bring motion forward for reconsideration
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