by Pieta Woolley | Nov 30, 2023 | Community, Uncategorized
Get your Christmas tree by donation from the Junior Forest Wardens December 9, 10, 16 & 17, at the lot near McDonald’s. Here’s what leader Brian Bomprezzi, with a little background to the long-time, annual sale: 1. For folks who are new to town, what...
by Pieta Woolley | Dec 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Want your event added to this list? Send it to pieta.woolley@gmail.com.First up, the weekly markets:SundaysPR Farmers’ Market4365 McLeod Road – just off Padgett. 12:30 to 2:30 Sundays. SaturdaysUptown Midweek Market10am to noon, outside the CRC on Joyce Avenue. Next,...
by Pieta Woolley | Sep 7, 2022 | Events, Uncategorized
Want your event added to this list? Send it to pieta.woolley@gmail.com.First up, the weekly markets:SundaysPR Farmers’ Market4365 McLeod Road – just off Padgett. 12:30 to 2:30 Sundays. SaturdaysUptown Midweek Market10am to noon, outside the CRC on Joyce Avenue. ...
by Pieta Woolley | Jun 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
aʔǰɛmaθot (Davis McKenzie, Tla’amin, Scottish, and Swedish, with his Grandmother Elsie Paul) After living away from the qathet region for many years and having just returned home to the territory, National Indigenous People’s Day takes on new meaning. It’s...
by Pieta Woolley | May 27, 2022 | Events, Uncategorized
Want your event added to this list? Send it to pieta.woolley@gmail.com.First up, the weekly markets:Saturdays and SundaysPR Farmers’ Market10:30 to 12:30 Saturdays, 12:30 to 2:30 Sundays, at the Farmers’ Market. 4365 McLeod Road – just off Padgett. Pony rides...
by Pieta Woolley | Sep 14, 2021 | Community, News
By Abby Francis, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In 2000, Tla’amin Nation and City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa entered into a partnership to purchase about 4.1 acres of land in Lund. The area includes three harbours, two parking lots, a hotel and...
by Pieta Woolley | Nov 13, 2019 | Community, News
1. Organize a community meeting This is how the people of Churchill, Manitoba dropped their gas prices by 40 cents a litre: activism. Ask a group to organize the meeting: the Powell River Chamber of Commerce, municipal or regional government or the MLA or MP, or an...
by Pieta Woolley | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Profiles
Powell River was once a very strong union town – and wages, benefits and pensions were among the best in the country. We’ve seen a real decline in private sector unions here. Is this the same elsewhere? Irene • Powell River was a strong union town because union...
