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Letters: Goose is cooked; Bad idea; Troubling trek

Letters: Goose is cooked; Bad idea; Troubling trek

Goose is cooked In regard to the proposed cull of Canada geese in Powell River [“Mayor keen to cull goose population,” March 8], I can say that this is a regular practice in the Okanagan where beaches, playgrounds, schoolyards, parks and golf courses
Editorial cartoon: Cull the geese

Editorial cartoon: Cull the geese

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Letters: Double standard; Unacceptable performance; Taking exception

Letters: Double standard; Unacceptable performance; Taking exception

Double standard City of Powell River council has evoked a double standard in handling the derelict buildings cleanup [“Demolition to proceed on derelict house,” February 22].
Editorial: Equality and healing

Editorial: Equality and healing

Listen and support. Those are two things that men can do to further equality for women. Those who don’t believe women’s equality is even an issue only further prove the need for it.
Viewpoint: Time to wake up

Viewpoint: Time to wake up

Once again, strong winds buffeted Malaspina Peninsula last week. Once again, trees were blown down across roads and power lines. Once again, we lost power. And once again, by the next morning the power had come back on.
Editorial cartoon: Canada Day?

Editorial cartoon: Canada Day?

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Editorial cartoon: Valuable trees

Editorial cartoon: Valuable trees

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Letters: Two emergency services needed; Difficult to understand; Pay a fair salary

Letters: Two emergency services needed; Difficult to understand; Pay a fair salary

Two emergency services needed In regards to last issue’s Viewpoint [“Reduced ambulance service unacceptable,” February 22], I take issue with several of Rob Stokes’ points that are either wrong or misleading.
Editorial: Right of trees

Editorial: Right of trees

Did City of Powell River pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to Island Timberlands for trees that its partnership company with Tla’amin Nation already had rights to? That is the question this week as the city prepares the public release of legal adv
Letters: Proof of competency; Councillors deserve more

Letters: Proof of competency; Councillors deserve more

Proof of competency Powell River mayor and councillors are voting to give themselves a raise [“Council seeks pay parity,” February 15], but why the new formula for setting how much they get? What are their reasons for changing the traditional ways of