Opinion

After 15 years and $10 million in borrowed funds, Tla’Amin (Sliammon) First Nation treaty is now ready to be initialled by the band, the province and the federal government and be taken to a vote by the Tla’Amin community.

Membrane upgrades Westview wastewater treatment plant is usually the only part of Powell River’s liquid waste (sewage) system that does not comply with its ministry of environment permit [“Numerous questions remain about co-treatment,” July 13].

The phone would not stop ringing. The email inbox filled up. People kept dropping by the Peak office to find out if we were doing an article.

All referendum voting packages need to be returned to Elections BC by Friday, August 5. Referendum results will decide if the people of this province want to keep the HST or go back to the old PST and GST system.

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This Saturday, August 6 marks the 66th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb by the United States on the city of Hiroshima in Japan, 1945. Three days later, on August 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.

Trail pioneer I am writing to comment on the Viewpoint by Morris Moser in the Peak , July 20 [“Along the trails”].

by Rob Higgin To many who read my articles in the spring about Powell River Mutual Fund and Local Currency, I must seem archaic. My model of finance hails from a simpler time before the invention of modern “financial products.

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Well here it is, the biggest camping weekend of the year. Time to get out the tents, mosquito repellent and the hot dog skewers. And yes, for many of us, this weekend may also involve one or two adult sodas, or wobbly pops, if you will.