Opinion

2013 is a year for anniversaries. Sea Fair is celebrating its 50th birthday, Westview Flying Club is recognizing 60 years as an official group, and Powell River Scouts are looking back on a century of activity in the area.

by Peter Behr Third Crossing Society’s idea of a “highway” to Squamish sounds like a great idea. Powell River could certainly use some economic stimulus.

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Reflections on Parliament Parliament adjourned in June, triggering both a whirlwind of events in the riding and the off-Parliamentary session, which is in some sense the most rewarding part of an MP’s work [“Weston backs boss,” June 12].

by Donald Gordon and Kevin Washbrook Last month, the Peak brought Lafarge’s Texada Quarrying Ltd. application to expand its coal handling operations out into the daylight—or at least onto the Internet [“Quarry applies to expand storage,” June 26].

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by Leona Aglukkaq While the courts have said Canadians must have reasonable access to a legal source of marijuana for medical purposes, the federal government believes this must be done in a controlled fashion in order to protect public safety.

Though the Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently expanded the definition of local food to mean anything within or near BC, Powell River residents are still going strong on the traditional version of the concept.

By Tim Agg Premier Christy Clark believed there was a good case for increasing salaries of some political staff. She changed her mind, based on the public’s reaction.

Dirty coal – Elaine Thoma , Highway 101 I cannot understand how the coal loading business was booted out of Seattle (for pollution reasons) and has now ended up at Fraser Surrey Docks, to Texada Island and on to China [“Quarry applies to expand stora