Opinion

For 49 years, Powell River Sea Fair has been thrilling residents and visitors with an annual weekend of fun on the water. The event has spanned generations, delighting both young and old with activities at Willingdon Beach for all to enjoy.

by David Moore Powell River politics sometimes resembles a stage play which blends elements of farce, pantomime and cutting irony. Irony currently dominates the public library discussion.

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In recent years, months and days, tensions surrounding the word “treaty” in Tla’amin (Sliammon) First Nation have ebbed and flowed like tides that wash against the coastal nation’s stretching shores.

Ferry schedules cause frustration Ferries are part of our highway system, we are expected to pay for them [“Cancellations spike with matrix,” July 4]. The least they could do is run on coinciding ferry schedules and have food ready for passengers.

by Betty Zaikow Should Powell River import and incinerate Vancouver’s garbage? Definitely not. This was the consensus of more than 100 people who attended a meeting on June 27, hosted by Malaspina Sierra Club.

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A proposed redrawing of British Columbia’s federal electoral map has severed Powell River from the Lower Sunshine Coast and moved it across the Strait of Georgia to Vancouver Island North.

Library and technology luddites Apparently there are many in the community who want a new Powell River Public Library even though books are technologically obsolete [“Libraries lose touch with reality,” June 6].

by John Challinor I read with interest the article written by Laura Walz that appeared in the June 6 edition of the Peak entitled, “Blue Community proposal fails.