Opinion

by Gina Kendrick Food prices have risen 12 per cent since last year yet donations to Powell River Action Centre Food Bank are down 40 per cent. Despite this, the number of families needing help from the food bank continues to increase.

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Powell River Regional District board members have landed in a quagmire trying to sort out when a director may participate in meetings electronically.

What’s in a nickname? Quite a lot, to many of us.

by Paul McMahon It is clear that the old arena site does not adequately satisfy the selection criteria nor the municipal library objectives and policy statement in the City of Powell River’s official community plan.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief when they woke up Sunday morning, the day after the 2011 civic election.

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Respect for name At the next all-candidates forum [Candidates outline election platforms,” November 9], perhaps we could have a moderator who doesn’t make a candidate’s surname a subject of ribbing, good-natured or not.

by Joyce Carlson It didn’t have to end the way it did. Mayor Stewart Alsgard lost his bid for a fifth term in office. The defeat came after weeks of acrimonious relations between the mayor and his council, and between his supporters and detractors.

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