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Powell River mayor outlines meetings on community issues

Powell River mayor outlines meetings on community issues

Committee is being proposed to look into assisting the pulp and paper industry
Powell River council makes suggestions regarding private managed forest land

Powell River council makes suggestions regarding private managed forest land

Province seeks feedback from local governments
City of Powell River prepares responses to residents' questions

City of Powell River prepares responses to residents' questions

Loop road, audit and old dive shop are subjects of queries
Anti-bat backlash feared in wake of fatal rabies case

Anti-bat backlash feared in wake of fatal rabies case

Conservationists are concerned about a potential backlash against bats following a rare case in which a 21-year-old Parksville man died from rabies after a bat encounter. Mandy Kellner, co-ordinator of the B.C.
223,273 offer views on daylight time to help decide its future in B.C.

223,273 offer views on daylight time to help decide its future in B.C.

Input from 223,273 people was submitted to an online provincial government survey from June 24 to July 19 about the future of daylight time in B.C.
Fire in Powell River apartment building sends one person to hospital

Fire in Powell River apartment building sends one person to hospital

Firefighters arrive to find heavy smoke and a rapidly expanding blaze
Hemlock Street loop remediation begins in Powell River

Hemlock Street loop remediation begins in Powell River

This morning, the upper and lower sections of Hemlock Street were closed to through traffic as work started on the remediation of the Hemlock loop.
Tax increase prompts Powell River homeowners to express concerns to council

Tax increase prompts Powell River homeowners to express concerns to council

Annual increases are not sustainable, according to taxpayers
Former MP Ray Skelly dead at 78

Former MP Ray Skelly dead at 78

Former NDP MP Ray Skelly has died. Skelly, who died July 14 in Comox at the age of 78, was the MP for the ridings of Comox – Powell River and North Island – Powell River for 14 years between 1979 and 1993.
Video: Giant Pacific octopus on the hunt just off Bowen Island

Video: Giant Pacific octopus on the hunt just off Bowen Island

Adam Taylor caught this footage of a giant Pacific octopus just off of Bowen's Seymour Bay.