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Letter: Free place to learn

Letter: Free place to learn

I read through the article about essential tech skills for seniors (and everybody these days); it’s great to draw attention to this challenge, and something our staff works with every single day [“Viewpoint: Five must-have technological skills for se
Editorial: Heat wave hits Powell River

Editorial: Heat wave hits Powell River

What ever happened to “June-uary?” It seems like only yesterday when a wet and dreary June came to an end. To be fair, only the final two weeks of the month were abysmally cold and heavy with rain.
Viewpoint: Citizenship requires call to duty

Viewpoint: Citizenship requires call to duty

An obligation to the greater good is a throwback from a bygone era when people contributed to the community because it just had to be done. Myrna Leishman was one of that generation.
Cartoon: Clandestine cleanup

Cartoon: Clandestine cleanup

What do you think of this week's cartoon? Check out the story here .
Letter: Special visit to Powell River

Letter: Special visit to Powell River

The spectacular 2018 International Choral Kathaumixw was only possible because so many people worked to make it a success [“Youth light up choral festival,” July 13]. Among those people is my former student and 50-year friend, Deborah McIsaac.
Peddling poison should have consequences

Peddling poison should have consequences

Editorial
Cheese, the original processed food

Cheese, the original processed food

Much has been said recently about processed food, implying they are somehow bad for people. But humans have been processing food for hundreds of thousands if not millions of years.
Healthy Living: What is home?

Healthy Living: What is home?

Housing and homes are topical conversation subjects in Powell River these days.
Les Leyne: Crown firm will control major-project hiring, we’ll pay more

Les Leyne: Crown firm will control major-project hiring, we’ll pay more

Everybody knew the B.C. NDP was keen to retool public construction projects to put more apprentices and under-represented groups to work.
In defence of the science

In defence of the science

Like air, science today is invisible, easily taken for granted, easily attacked. As a life-long science nerd, I take the present postmodern attack on science personally, and it scares me. Here’s why.