Opinion

A Chinese man named Sam Sing was the first merchant in Townsite. A respected business partner of the Powell River Company, he opened a grocery, butcher shop, general store and bachelor accommodations in 1923 at the Shinglemill on Powell Lake.

by Joyce Carlson Many readers might miss a numerical change in small type on the front of today’s Powell River Peak.

Library priorities No one has commented on the $4,000 spent on Chinese books for the library [“Library orders Chinese books,” October 14].

by Clint Bevans A recent front-page article in the Peak describes how difficult it is to find a rental lately [“Rental crisis affects community,” October 14] as it seems rentals are being sold by the owners these days.

It was a night of shakeups on the political stage. Congratulations to new North Island-Powell River Member of Parliament Rachel Blaney and all those who were victorious across Canada on October 19.

By Janet Southcott It came as a surprise to most: across the country, advance polling stations were overwhelmed by the turnout of voters. Here in Powell River, I estimate over 2,500 voted between Friday, October 9, and Monday, October 12.

Diversion tactics The woman refusing to remove her nigab is doing nothing illegal [“Candidates square off in question and answer,” October 7].

Like cooking a turkey, statistical analysis is a messy process requiring a thermometer and some stabs in the dark. However, taking the temperature of a community requires more complicated data monitoring than a turkey.

by Kelly Hodgins I recently received a set of old photos of my parents’ Powell River farm from a woman who grew up there in the 1950s.

Vote for healthy oceans Before my husband and I moved to the West Coast we did not really appreciate or realize the extent of the life in and around the ocean. We see the fullness and the rhythm of those waters now in a new light.