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Letter: Jumping the gun on renaming

Letter: Jumping the gun on renaming

We need to allow the process that has been put in place by City of Powell River and Tla’amin Nation, to work its way through, run its course. ~ Kim Miller
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Opinion: How much bark and bite is left in this Tory leadership underdog?

Opinion: How much bark and bite is left in this Tory leadership underdog?

“I have been an underdog all my life,” Jean Charest says.
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Opinion: A Mother’s Day poem

Opinion: A Mother’s Day poem

In honour of the mothers who gave up their right to be a mother so that another woman could be a mother.
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Jack Knox: It's a mother of a job, but sign me up

Jack Knox: It's a mother of a job, but sign me up

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! We wish you never-ending ­appreciation and recognition by children who always help out around the house, seldom give you an eye-roll and are never found passed out drunk face down in the driveway.
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Mother's Day marks 115 years

Mother's Day marks 115 years

Sunday, May 8, is Mother’s Day. How do your plan to spoil the family matriarch?
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Les Leyne: B.C. to guard mental health rights as it studies crime

Les Leyne: B.C. to guard mental health rights as it studies crime

An amendment to the Mental Health Act would provide new safeguards for the rights of involuntary patients.
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Poll: Vast majority of qathet region respondents unaffected by Elon Musk's goal to purchase Twitter

Poll: Vast majority of qathet region respondents unaffected by Elon Musk's goal to purchase Twitter

87 per cent either don't use the social media platform or won't change their usage habits if the deal goes through.
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Viewpoint: Charter protects freedom of association, assembly, expression

Viewpoint: Charter protects freedom of association, assembly, expression

The charter gave written enshrined rights and freedoms to every Canadian and they have been violated over the past two years unjustifiably by governments. ~ A. Brian Peckford
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Letter: Get the facts straight

Letter: Get the facts straight

It seems the council and some supporters have decided this is “a fait accompli” and are set to pick a new name. ~ Powell River resident Antoinette Knight
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Letter: Listen to understand, not to reload

Letter: Listen to understand, not to reload

I encourage participants to see the next phase of the possible name change as an opportunity to co-create a future that reflects the best in all of us. ~ Maureen Mason
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