Treat Truth and Reconciliation Day like Remembrance Day
By Abby Francis, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Truth and Reconciliation Day should be like Remembrance Day. A day to honour and remember the children who did not make it home from out of Canada’s Residential Schools, and a day to honour and respect those...
We’re in this together.
If we learn anything from the COVID-19 crisis it will be that humanity is only as strong as our weakest link.
Mamma Rania’s garbanzo bonanza
“I’m a huge fan. It’s the smoothest, most flavourful hummus I’ve ever tasted,” said Annabelle Tully-Barr enthusiastically as she sampled Mamma Rania’s Syrian Cuisine Hummus at Save-On-Foods. ‘Mamma Rania’ is Rania Chakkl, and the hummus she began selling at the Open...
Haunted House: She bought it for the library, not the ghosts
Who is haunting this house?: In 1927, newlyweds Elena and Angelo Culos, above, had their picture snapped on the steps out front. Three years earlier, his parents, Anthony and Anna Culos, had built it. In Italian tradition, they may have placed special family artifacts...
FREE FOOD: Meet Alexander McNaughton, forager
Alexander McNaughton can’t get over the abundance of wild food in Powell River. It’s one of the first things he noticed when he moved here earlier this year with his girlfriend. But Alexander is a professional food forager so it stands to reason that he would notice...
Rock climbers make first ascent of massive wall
The Red Alert Wall is one of the largest walls in North America south of the Arctic and until last month, it hadn’t been climbed. Most climbers didn’t even know it existed. On July 6, Cranbrook’s Travis Foster and Drew Leiterman began climbing the 1,500 metre...
Pick up sticks: Help maintain the Sunshine Coast Trail
By Isabelle Southcott | isabelle@prliving.ca Will you pick up ten sticks the next time you’re out for a hike on the Sunshine Coast Trail? While you’re at it, take a selfie, post it to the Sunshine Coast Trail’s Facebook page and you will be entered in a draw to win...
Canada 150: How to party while conflicted
Two local indigenous leaders spill on a uniquely Canadian conundrum: celebrating Canada 150 while recognizing five centuries of colonial violence. Canada 150 has taken a turn for the sombre. The anniversary falls just as the Dominion and First Nations are dancing an...
Faith & Adventure: Hiking the Third Crossing
A group of Austrians, led by a Canadian-born priest, plan to hike the Third Crossing from Squamish to Powell River this July.