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Councillors direct staff to find a way within existing budget

Woman loses struggle to achieve acceptance and overcome mental illness

Agencies step up efforts to assist residents

Protestors continue to blockade polling place despite injunction

Companies plan to roll out community engagement process in fall

Five BCHL players selected to national league

Police seize heroin RCMP arrested a Powell River resident this week a few minutes after he drove off the ferry at Saltery Bay for having a significant amount of heroin.

Festival draws artists together for a common purpose

Week of June 12 to 18, 2012 Total calls for service = 118 Impaired driving = 5 Assaults = 2 Break and enters = 4 Thefts = 14 Mischief = 11 1. June 15 5400 block Larch Avenue Police responded to a report of a suspicious male in the area.

Groups benefit from grants Powell River community organizations have received more than half a million dollars in gaming grants from the provincial government. In all, 36 organizations received $514,350.