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Editorial: Giving thanks

Editorial: Giving thanks

Canadian citizens look forward to the second Monday in October for a variety of reasons. For some, it is all about the long weekend and having additional time away from work to spend with family and friends, inside or outdoors.
Editorial: Please pledge your support

Editorial: Please pledge your support

At 72 pages this week, packed with local advertising, news items covering a wide breadth of topics, features, letters, submissions, classified ads, public notices, event listings and almost-perennial golf scores, Coast Reporter is living proof that a
Letter: Mural magic

Letter: Mural magic

Murals can energize space, bring people together and make them feel really positive, we heard from the artist overseeing the work on a mural behind Powell River Public Library [“Mural brings colour to community space,” September 21].
OPINION: Expect a scrappier session as B.C. NDP, Liberals face off for fall

OPINION: Expect a scrappier session as B.C. NDP, Liberals face off for fall

After engaging in what has effectively been some shadowboxing the past year, the NDP and the B.C. Liberals are about to begin the main bout as the legislature has resumed sitting.
Viewpoint: A lesson in social responsibility

Viewpoint: A lesson in social responsibility

Avenues to power and influence can take many forms and reflect many conflicting agendas as political events south of the 49th can attest.
Les Leyne: Next week will tell the LNG tale

Les Leyne: Next week will tell the LNG tale

For seven years they’ve been hooting in derision, vehemently objecting, voting against and generally shooting down government moves to make liquefied natural gas plants take shape in B.C.
Editorial: Civic service

Editorial: Civic service

Giving back to the community, and our country, is at the forefront of September 28 issue of the Peak .
Cartoon: Russian influence?

Cartoon: Russian influence?

What do you think of this week's editorial cartoon?
Social media 'fully weaponized'

Social media 'fully weaponized'

The internet might well be the innovation that liberated access to ideas, but the social media it spawned are swiftly evolving into the jackboot that suppresses them.
Healthy Living: Self-motivation inspires action

Healthy Living: Self-motivation inspires action

This column, on the topic of procrastination and motivation, was due last week. I missed the deadline. Although, I would like to say my lateness was an intentional act to make my words more authentic, or, have any good excuse, at all.