Opinion

Low-fat diets gained popularity in the 1980s as fat was demonized for causing weight gain and chronic disease. Despite the growing fear of fat, Canada had one of the highest rates of trans fat intake in the world through the 1990s.

On September 6, 2018, City of Powell River entered into a 99-year lease with 1170987 B.C. LTD (Gaoshi Holdings, Canada) for $600,000 for 11.

Election day is tomorrow and if advance polls are a measure, voter turnout could break a decline over the three previous elections. A total of 1,258 people cast pre-election day ballots, an historic high for City of Powell River.

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Now that it is legal to possess marijuana for personal consumption, a question arises.

As candidates across B.C. gear up for voting day, and with the legalization of cannabis a done deal, local government politicians will face the unique quandary of whether to raise a glass or pass to the left after ballots are tallied on Oct. 20.

As of October 17, recreational marijuana is legal in Canada.

Can the BC NDP government’s plan to hike its carbon tax to $50 a tonne by 2021 hold up in the face of a growing number of premiers opposed to it? Doing this is presumably a cornerstone of the NDP government’s climate plan (which I noted here last wee

I didn’t laugh and I didn’t cry when I read about the controversy over the cycling lane in front of Mitchell Brothers store on Manson Avenue in Cranberry.

Tired at work? Too much turkey? Have you had enough yet?