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Residents protest community plan process

Residents protest community plan process

Letter requests entire regional district board take over responsibility
School morphs into learning hub

School morphs into learning hub

Board of education repurposes Oceanview with community partnerships

CrimeStoppers: October 3, 2012

Week of September 25 to October 1, 2012 Total calls for service = 131 Impaired driving = 2 Assaults = 6 Break and enters = 0 Thefts = 9 Mischief = 8 1. September 25 4700 block Ontario Avenue Police responded to two separate thefts from vehicles.

Quick Peaks: October 3, 2012

Union deal BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) reached a tentative agreement with the BC government last week. The settlement covers about 26,000 BCGEU members working in a range of jobs.

Council Briefs: October 3, 2012

City attracts track and field championship City of Powell River Councillor Jim Palm announced that the annual North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships will be held at Timberlane Park at the end of April 2013.

Staff prepare plan to calm traffic

Complaints about speeding and aggressive driving on the rise

Students meet ministrys standard

Teachers association says tests miss mark

Council steps forward on urban chicken bylaw

Amendment allows residents to keep poultry on any residential lot

Briefly: September 28, 2012

Decriminalize pot A majority of BC local government leaders passed a resolution on Wednesday, September 26 that calls for the decriminalization of marijuana.

Quick Peaks: September 26, 2012

Complex care Elected officials adopted a bylaw at the September 19 Powell River Regional Hospital District board meeting to provide funds for a project to replace Olive Devaud residence. The capital expenditure bylaw provides for about $1.