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How to find balance in a challenging world

How to find balance in a challenging world

"As a general rule, it is recommended to reflect on each quadrant of the medicine wheel regularly and ask: What did I do for each area of my medicine wheel this week?"
Viewpoint: Week ranks high in Powell River Regals’ history

Viewpoint: Week ranks high in Powell River Regals’ history

"There are no words to describe what the players did for five days straight."
Adrian Raeside cartoon: They'll be paying the bills

Adrian Raeside cartoon: They'll be paying the bills

How to find happiness in times of trouble

How to find happiness in times of trouble

"This problem often stems from our inability to distinguish between rumination and self-reflection."
Rob Shaw: Surrey policing dispute heats up again as mayor spurns $250M offer

Rob Shaw: Surrey policing dispute heats up again as mayor spurns $250M offer

Mayor Brenda Locke prepares to play election-time game of chicken with BC NDP
Les Leyne: Kickback probe could shape carbon-tax fight

Les Leyne: Kickback probe could shape carbon-tax fight

How will B.C.’s carbon tax weather the political storm that erupted this week?
Letter: Revitalization bylaw costs Powell River taxpayers

Letter: Revitalization bylaw costs Powell River taxpayers

"Surely elected officials and staff have a fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers to ensure tax breaks of this magnitude are written, monitored and enforced appropriately."
Les Leyne: NDP flips, launches dual probes after accusation of kickback in handling of green grants

Les Leyne: NDP flips, launches dual probes after accusation of kickback in handling of green grants

A consulting firm hired by the NDP to administer grants from its CleanBC program is accused of asking for a kickback to successfully process an application.
Baldrey: 2024 meets 1991? How B.C. election history could repeat itself

Baldrey: 2024 meets 1991? How B.C. election history could repeat itself

Political columnist Keith Baldrey examines the eerily similar parallels that have transpired in the B.C. Legislature.
Who’s Your Doggy? When leashed meets unleashed

Who’s Your Doggy? When leashed meets unleashed

Don’t call out, 'It’s okay, he’s friendly' and let your dog barrel ahead