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Revenue from tax increase will go toward asset management

Red tide closure Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has served notice that harvesting of bivalve mollusks is closed in subareas 15-4 and 15-6 due to the presence of red tide.

Labour board rules report cards must be completed

Numbers increase but so far no cases confirmed in Powell River

Brooks students will have access to a new creative class

Hands down MLA Nicholas Simons said he did not make any “unparliamentary hand signals” in the legislature following a bizarre attack on his leader by a Liberal MLA. “I don’t even know what hand gesture I was accused of making,” he told the Peak .

Regional district officials send letter to Island Timberlands

Annual garbage cleanup and highway program bring community together

Outplaying and outshooting little consolation for loss

Diver finds human remains A scuba diver found human remains in Powell Lake on Saturday, April 14. Powell River RCMP report a local Powell River resident was scuba diving in the area of Rainbow Falls.