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Facility will divert landfill waste and reduce oceanic plastic pollution

Health Canada is advising Canadians that more hand sanitizers are being recalled from the marketplace because they may pose health risks.

Initial phase underway to clear vegetation and rubbish

Powell River RCMP reported the following for October 8 to 14, 2020.

Final results in B.C.’s provincial election could be delayed even beyond the anticipated two weeks as the demand for mail-in ballots ­continues to climb. Elections B.C.

$300-a-month supplement was a lifesaver for many of the one in four B.C. residents who have a disability. NDP, Liberals and Greens are asked if it will be extended after the pandemic

Facility is located in Powell River Recreation Complex

Powell River neighbourhood group meets online, appoints officers

Analysis from Rob Shaw of the Vancouver Sun and Amy Smart of the Canadian Press, with commentary by Jack Knox of the Times Colonist, in a segment entitled You Don’t Know Jack.

Mail-in ballots could become a “much bigger feature” of future elections, according to an elections expert, as hundreds of thousands of British Columbians have already opted to vote-by-mail rather than stand in line at the polls on Oct. 24.