Opinion

Owner of Savary Island General Store and Trading Company, and Rigger’s Pub Bruce Brown, first applied for an RAS (rural agency store) licence to sell alcohol in his general store approximately 20 years ago.

BC fare-ease Oh, the irony. Service cuts to commence April 1, 2014 [“BC slashes ferry sailings,” November 13]. Just in time for, wait for it, another hike in fares. This is no April Fool’s Day joke.

by Ken Forsman A new Powell River Public Library would be nice, but is not feasible at this time and maybe not ever. I’m amazed at all the numbers being touted in a recent viewpoint article.

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Texada Island residents displayed dignity and passion during a meeting designed to ask them how they feel about proposed ferry reductions.

Leave nature alone “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree,” but not apparently on the seawalk [“Seawalk open for users,” July 10].

by Shannon Janzen Western Forest Products (WFP) is the proud manager of Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 39.

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By eliminating thousands of sailings on minor ferry routes, the provincial government is perpetuating BC Ferries’ downward spiral that is killing coastal communities.

Accident waiting to happen On Sunday, November 10, we attended a Far Off Broadway performance at Evergreen Theatre, Powell River Recreation Complex [“Broadway comes close to home,” November 13].