Share this!If you’re looking for a local Powell River Christmas carol to sing and show your pride for bring from Powtown, here’s a few you can try. O Little Town of Powell River – by Joseph McLean O little town of Powell River How still we see thee lie Because it’s now past 9 pm One quiet car goes by Yet though our streets are silent Things really are quite great We make good...
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Share this!On Christmas Day most of us are cocooned in our homes with family, friends and relatives while warm Christmas lights twinkle softly in the background. But there are some folks who don’t get to spend December 25 with their loved ones because they’re working. Essential service providers must be there 24/7 365 days a year because you never know when an emergency will occur. Others, like...
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Share this! Slip on your dancing shoes, as the Christmas events this weekend kick off with three live bands on Friday night, plus the toe-tapping animation Sing! Friday, December 23 Paradise The Zoo, 10 pm. Bring an item for the Food Bank. Christmas Gig: Sam Hurrie Band The Red Lion Pub, 8 pm. All you hep cats bring visiting relatives and returning family. No cover – donation to Food Bank...
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Share this!It’s Wednesday morning. Coffee’s on and Rusty’s cutting hair at the Wilde Road Sand and Gravel office – aka Possum Lodge – just north of town. Wait. There’s a guy cutting hair in a sand and gravel office? Really? Yup. That’s right. He’ll cut your hair, too, if you make the trip just north of town. Dave Scherger owns the 38-acre property that houses three businesses...
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Share this!No matter how many big smoke-stack industries may provide the raison d’être for our small towns, it’s the small businesses that historically provide the backbone of the community. Just landed on the most remote western frontier of the continent to carve out a place for a paper mill and a new town? Within months, there will be barbershops, bath-houses, billiards parlours and bars to...
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