Opinion

Excess turkey, mountains of gravy-topped mashed potatoes, bushels of Brussels sprouts, Thanksgiving today looks pretty much the same on both sides of the Canadian-US border, but it was not always so.

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Rush-rezoning If the new China/Canada FIPA (Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement) treaty applies to bylaws, information we do not have, Powell River taxpayers could end up hemorrhaging cash [“Housing industry professionals oppose byl

by George Orchiston Over the last several years successive city councils have continued the program of shifting the amount of property tax collected by the City of Powell River from Major Industrial to Residential.

A great axiom for Powell River’s proposed new library is that one can’t judge a book by its cover.

Tax revenue versus protests Right now, operating in our society, are very influential and unaccountable activists and lobby groups who appear to oppose almost all development along energy and industrial lines [“Climate march,” September 19].

by Brian Voth I appreciate the good work Mayor Dave Formosa does for City of Powell River, but I don’t agree with his support for shipping four million tons of thermal coal annually via Texada Island.

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While the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) did not get near what it was looking for in its latest clash for the province’s classrooms, what it did gain is historic: a negotiated six-year contract, the longest yet in its embattled relationship with the