Opinion

Traffic noise Promoting bicycle routes through town is a great idea [“Gear up for free-wheeling event,” May 20]. As far as Joyce Avenue is concerned we should ban motor vehicles there. Ha, ha, just kidding.

by Arthur Richards I was going to write about my fears of Stephen Harper’s Bill C-51 and how useless and flawed it is but everyone has already done that and the vote has been cast.

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Organizers of Powell River’s Bike to Work and School Week are encouraging more people to dust off their bikes and don helmets this year.

Closing of archery club I was surprised and saddened to read in the Peak of the closing of the Powell River Archery Club (PRAC) [“Archery club,” May 13].

by Cam Bailey In response to our MP John Weston’s letter, printed in the Peak on April 29, I feel I must stand with our City of Powell River councillors in denouncing this intrusive, and I believe highly illegal, Bill C-51.

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In a time when the provincial and federal governments seem to have less money for community development, the burden of funding projects and non-profit agencies which improve Canadian towns and make them more equitable places to live is being piled hi

Flat tax controversy Property taxes pay for services that keep us safe, clean, comfortable and interested. Each of us may prefer paying for certain services and not others. We may not use all of the services but someone does.

by Peter Schwarzhoff Coastal communities, fisheries, environmentalists and boaters have fought with Prime Minister Stephen Harper over Coast Guard service and protection of our waterways for a long time now.