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Editorial: Advocacy

Editorial: Advocacy

GUEST EDITORIAL: Maggie Ellwyn
Local counsellor offers advice on managing emotions

Local counsellor offers advice on managing emotions

Anxiety and fear normal reactions during pandemic
Powell River Peak remains committed to serving the needs of our community

Powell River Peak remains committed to serving the needs of our community

Dear reader, advertiser, sponsor and community member, I write this, March 17, 2020, to let you know that we at the Powell River Peak recognize the significant challenges the current COVID-19 pandemic is creating for many of you.
UPDATE: Cancellations, postponements and closures

UPDATE: Cancellations, postponements and closures

List of cancelled or postponed events, festivals, businesses, organizations, and so forth to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Editorial: Stay or go?

Editorial: Stay or go?

COVID-19 is doing more than just affecting travel plans, or at least making people question whether or not to travel. Social and economic ramifications are already having an impact and will continue as the virus spreads.
Healthy Living: Keep calm and carry on

Healthy Living: Keep calm and carry on

As a group, from early prehistoric tribal societies to our present day towns and cities, we carry a level of fear with us to help ensure our safety.
OPINION: Coronavirus pandemic response is by turns panicky, plodding

OPINION: Coronavirus pandemic response is by turns panicky, plodding

We thought we had dodged a recession, but the black swan we feared has appeared. COVID-19 will corrode our political, economic, medical and social systems. Happier times are not imminent. We need not panic, but we need to worry.
Cartoon: COVID-19

Cartoon: COVID-19

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon?
Editorial: Follow the facts regarding COVID-19

Editorial: Follow the facts regarding COVID-19

How quickly rumours can spread. Many Powell River area residents use Facebook; this isn’t news to anyone. They love their groups, chats, events, photos, and for news to come quickly and conveniently, and the social media giant provides that.
Student Life: Stuck between a rock and a hard place

Student Life: Stuck between a rock and a hard place

We’ve all felt stuck, like we’re trapped between a rock and a hard place and there’s no escape. We’ve felt the mundane crash over and over and over us for too long, and drive us to the point where we want to pull our hair out.