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Players are returning and engaging in on-ice activities

Residents can receive rebate when replacing non-certified heaters

The provincial government is doubling CleanBC Better Homes retrofit rebates for select home heating and energy efficiency upgrades.

Powell River RCMP reported the following for December 29, 2020, to January 6, 2021.

The year COVID-19 became a household word and social distancing became as second nature as breathing was also the year of the great puppy swindle and amped-up robo-calls scamming people for money, according to the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver

Board of education trustee dies suddenly

Powell River Public Library recently pulled its annual circulation statistics, including for eBooks. Circulation of digital material skyrocketed over 50 per cent in 2020, according to assistant chief librarian Natalie Porter.

Yet another strong weather system is hitting the Sunshine Coast Tuesday with winds gusting to between 70 and 80 kilometres an hour, forcing BC Ferries to modify service on its Langdale-Horseshoe Bay route and cancel other sailings.

Due to adverse weather conditions, BC Ferries has cancelled the 9:55 am, 3:25 pm and 7:10 pm sailings from Comox (Little River) to Powell River (Westview), and the return trips scheduled to depart Powell River at 11:50 am, 5:15 pm and 8:45 pm on Janu

Area B director concerned about notice given for public meeting