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Road trip costs two more games

Road trip costs two more games

Kings mystify coaches with losses
From ethnic festival to fright night

From ethnic festival to fright night

Halloweens rich pageant on display
Community comes together to search for missing mom and baby

Community comes together to search for missing mom and baby

Teams from Vancouver Island and Lower Sunshine Coast join in

CrimeStoppers: October 31, 2012

Week of October 22 to 28, 2012 Total calls for service = 107 Impaired driving = 2 Assaults = 4 Break and enters = 2 Thefts = 2 Mischief = 3 1. October 24 4600 block Marine Avenue Police responded to an attempted break and enter at a restaurant.

Quick Peaks: October 31, 2012

Powerful tremor shakes coast A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Haida Gwaii region at 8:04 pm on Saturday, October 27.

Briefly: October 26, 2012

Power outage A wide swath of Powell River lost power Monday night, October 22. About 3,000 BC Hydro customers from the northern part of Townsite north to Whaletown Road on Cortes Island had no electricity from 7 to about 10:30 pm.
Powerful tremor shakes coast

Powerful tremor shakes coast

A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Haida Gwaii region at 8:04 pm on Saturday, October 27.
Collision closes highway

Collision closes highway

Highway now open and hydro restored
Family fights for accountability

Family fights for accountability

Grieving relatives want law changed
Ferries consultation process needs more work

Ferries consultation process needs more work

Local officials give province feedback on public engagement plan