Opinion

Since May, increasing Powell River’s polling numbers for Saturday’s local government election is something Peak Publishing has been working to improve through voter engagement.

Out of town candidates This is a brief letter to all the voters of the City of Powell River to point out that three of the candidates running in the November 15 election, for a seat on council, do not live within city boundaries.

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Remembrance Day has been observed since 1919, just a year after the end of World War I. In 2014, events are being held to commemorate the start of that so-called Great War 100 years ago.

Choice of site Firstly, I agree that Powell River requires a larger space for its public library but was a bit surprised at the sudden decision to choose the Crossroads Village site [“Library referendum question will be on civic ballot,” September 24

by Tai Uhlmann What would the world look like if products were designed to last? What if every item was repairable and once it reached the end of its life was easily remanufactured into equal quality products or composted? We do not need better ways

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Case for brownfield not green Given that there is not yet any funding allocated for a new fire hall in Westview, and given that Westview contains acres of dead shopping malls, wasteland and other degraded property, why shoehorn the new building into

Spooktacular decorations, bowls full of treats and children dressed up as their favourite super-heroes or monsters, Halloween, the scariest night of the year, is upon us again.

by Joseph McLean You’re wrong about Canada. NBC, Global TV, CNN, ABC, on the news and on the screens. We’ve been through a lot in the last few days, collectively, as a country.