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Editorial: Buy local, support Powell River businesses

Editorial: Buy local, support Powell River businesses

COVID-19 has greatly affected our community.
Kicking the Clutter: Six simple steps to turn a new leaf on life

Kicking the Clutter: Six simple steps to turn a new leaf on life

“You can’t start the new chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” The fall season is the perfect time to turn a new leaf on life.
Les Leyne: Question hanging over the debate: 'Why are we doing this?'

Les Leyne: Question hanging over the debate: 'Why are we doing this?'

Pandemic-preoccupied B.C.
Opinion: Fiscal control 'out the window' this B.C. election

Opinion: Fiscal control 'out the window' this B.C. election

I guess it should come as no surprise that, in an election campaign the likes of which we have never seen before, that we are also witnessing our political leaders making spending and taxation promises the kind of which we have not seen previously ei
Cartoon: Turkey talk

Cartoon: Turkey talk

What are you having for dinner tonight?
Viewpoint: It's time to care about Powell River's carbon footprint

Viewpoint: It's time to care about Powell River's carbon footprint

Powell River recently won a prestigious award for its corporate efforts to reduce the city’s carbon footprint.
Editorial: Promises, promises

Editorial: Promises, promises

With the provincial election just weeks away, leaders of BC’s three main parties are front and centre, making promises and criticizing plans of their opponents.
Healthy Living: Viruses, adaptation and kindness

Healthy Living: Viruses, adaptation and kindness

Viruses have been a, or maybe the, primary influencer of human evolution. When looking in the mirror today, reflecting back is someone mainly shaped by pathogens and their ongoing battle with humans.
Editorial: Three for the Coast

Editorial: Three for the Coast

The quick and dirty B.C.
Les Leyne: Despite B.C.'s huge debt, parties promise to give cash to voters

Les Leyne: Despite B.C.'s huge debt, parties promise to give cash to voters

You’d think a province that just plunged billions into debt due to a sudden global health emergency would be a little strapped for cash at the moment. But the parties vying to run B.C. are still promising vast sums of money to individual voters.