Opinion

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Water at issue “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink!” Reading the Peak , March 26, there are a couple of comments in the article “Bursting at its seams” that really make me ask questions.

By Mark Anderson I’m lucky to know a very cool couple who believe that all we need to solve our problems is random acts of kindness and compassion and everything else will take care of itself.

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Voting in elections is the foundation of democracy. In the last few civic elections for Powell River the turnout was estimated to be somewhere in the 40-to-50 per-cent range.

Recycling download “The BC government is now off-loading our recycling decisions to Toronto.” I saw this in an ad in the Shopper on March 28. If I had seen this notice on April 1 (April Fools Day) I would have thought it was a joke.

by Victoria Times Colonist BC’s government is trying to fix something that isn’t broken—and it’s making a mess in the process.

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Volunteerism is a firm thread in the social fabric of Powell River. In the early days of settlement here, pioneers were inspired by a need to get things done.

by Richard Fahlman At a time when budgetary priorities are strangling public services in the name of restraint and a balanced budget it is puzzling and distressing to see obvious contradictions in public spending.