Opinion

Crime is usually associated with being a big city problem. When one thinks of the ugly underbelly of criminal behaviour, it is not usually linked to a small city like Powell River.

The new and improved amphitheatre [“Contest to name new civic venue,” June 15] at Willingdon Beach is a beautiful facility. It is one of the best, if not the best, logger sports venues in BC and will host many other events in coming years.

It appears that a mammoth conglomerate and the BC provincial government are conspiring to fulfill Captain George Vancouver’s dismal observation when he wrongly named Desolation Sound: “There was not a single prospect that was pleasing to the eye.

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Ask anyone in town this summer, whether it is choir members from International Choral Kathaumixw, riders in the BC Bike Race or backpackers hitting the Sunshine Coast Trail, and the consensus is clear: we live in one of the most attractive places in

Honorary sign I have noticed the erection of new signs [“New signs create gateway,” June 29] around the community, including one for trails on Marine Avenue near Willingdon Beach and the welcome/farewell signs at the southern boundary of the city.

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Statistics are sometimes easy to shrug off, but recent numbers from BC Coroners Service detailing the number of illicit drug overdose deaths in BC so far this year are alarming, to say the least.

Stale saga The ongoing saga of the Inn at Westview [“Quick Peak: Derelict Demolition,” June 8] is becoming stale and laughable. Previous City of Powell River councils and the current council have continued to allow the issue to drag on.

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