Opinion

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.

Diversion tactics The woman refusing to remove her nigab is doing nothing illegal [“Candidates square off in question and answer,” October 7].

Like cooking a turkey, statistical analysis is a messy process requiring a thermometer and some stabs in the dark. However, taking the temperature of a community requires more complicated data monitoring than a turkey.

by Kelly Hodgins I recently received a set of old photos of my parents’ Powell River farm from a woman who grew up there in the 1950s.