by Sean Percy | Apr 2, 2019 | Community
The May issue of Powell River Living is fondly known as the “pet issue” in our office. Open up, and it’s pretty apparent why.
by Sean Percy | Mar 1, 2019 | Community, Made in Powell River
Carla Brosseau and Evelyn Pollen are the faces behind one of qathet’s best-known products: the Pollen Sweater. From their storefront in Lund, the duo oversees the production and sale of thousands of sweaters each year, destined for chilly torsos as far away as Coober...
by Sean Percy | Mar 1, 2019 | Community
BY PIETA WOOLLEY | pieta@rliving.ca Marie Kondo is amazing. But the Japanese tidying magnate doesn’t understand North Americans. So says Ranka Burzan, who moved to Powell River late in 2018, and brought her thriving home organization business, Solutions Organizing...
by Sean Percy | Sep 5, 2018 | Community, News
Fame comes to Daniels Valley, beyond Powell Lake First successful ascent of ‘Super Unknown’ PHOTOS BY DREW LEITERMAN Two Cranbrook rock climbers were back in the Daniels Valley this summer, after last year doing a first ascent on one of North America’s largest walls....
by Sean Percy | Sep 5, 2018 | Community
STRIKE AT BLUBBER BAY: English and Chinese language signs warnings strikebreakers to stay away attest to the cross-cultural solidarity during a strike at Blubber Bay on Texada Island in 1938. Photo from “On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour...