Opinion

Each year on Remembrance Day we honour those who have lost their lives fighting our country’s battles. Some gather at the cenotaph at Dwight Hall to pay honour to soldiers’ courage, others simply wear poppies on their lapels as a silent tribute.

By Laura Jones What does this month’s election result mean for small business? Like with most new governments, there is the good, the bad, and the worrying. Let’s start with the good.

Pay raises At a recent city finance committee meeting, mayor [Dave] Formosa expressed his view that the workload for city elected officials has increased exponentially but the pay has not kept pace.

When the public showed up at the Island Timberlands (IT) open house they were looking for consultation, but that’s not what they were offered.

A Chinese man named Sam Sing was the first merchant in Townsite. A respected business partner of the Powell River Company, he opened a grocery, butcher shop, general store and bachelor accommodations in 1923 at the Shinglemill on Powell Lake.

by Joyce Carlson Many readers might miss a numerical change in small type on the front of today’s Powell River Peak.

Library priorities No one has commented on the $4,000 spent on Chinese books for the library [“Library orders Chinese books,” October 14].

by Clint Bevans A recent front-page article in the Peak describes how difficult it is to find a rental lately [“Rental crisis affects community,” October 14] as it seems rentals are being sold by the owners these days.

It was a night of shakeups on the political stage. Congratulations to new North Island-Powell River Member of Parliament Rachel Blaney and all those who were victorious across Canada on October 19.

By Janet Southcott It came as a surprise to most: across the country, advance polling stations were overwhelmed by the turnout of voters. Here in Powell River, I estimate over 2,500 voted between Friday, October 9, and Monday, October 12.