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...
by Sean Percy | May 29, 2018 | Community, Last Word
I had almost given up hope it would happen in my lifetime. But I might just get to dive on a Powell River artificial reef before I’m too old to don a scuba tank. Catalyst Paper, owners of the iconic Hulks, and the Artificial Reef Society of BC (ARSBC) issued a joint...
by Sean Percy | May 2, 2018 | Community, Gardening
For our annual Home Grown issue, we produce a map of local food growers, and publish it in the centre pages of the magazine. This year we’ve gone digital, and produced an interactive map. Click on a farm, and the details pop up. Hopefully, it will inspire you to...
by Sean Percy | Mar 1, 2018 | Community, Profiles
BY ASHLEY HULL I never anticipated the journey of discovering who I am as a woman to be so simultaneously challenging and fulfilling. From daughter to wife, student to teacher, mother to superwoman, it was easy to define myself based on my relationship to others and...
by Sean Percy | Mar 1, 2018 | Community, Profiles
She isn’t planning a party this month. But if, on St. Patrick’s Day, you head down to McKinney’s Pub and catch her banging on the drums with her dirty blues rock band Royal Jelly, Lindsay Jordan Strayhorn will probably be sporting more than the usual glint in her eye....
by Sean Percy | Feb 1, 2018 | Art, Community, Profiles
BY ISABELLE SOUTHCOTT | isabelle@prliving.ca To say that Lynn Price was surprised to win the Tanabe Prize for British Columbia painters is an understatement. It wasn’t on her radar. In fact, she first found out when she checked her voice mail. “It’s not something you...
by Sean Percy | Jan 3, 2018 | Community, Uncategorized
BY BONNIE ROBINSON The last time I saw my brother Randy Zohner, he had travelled to Powell River for a visit. After a great afternoon, Randy returned home to work at the Bamfield Marine Science Centre, where he was the cafeteria manager. A few weeks went by. The next...
by Sean Percy | Jan 3, 2018 | Community, Events, Uncategorized
SENIORS: YOU’RE NEEDED! Powell River Child, Youth and Family Services Society is looking for seniors (both young seniors and older seniors) who want to know more to attend a luncheon on January 27 at the Town Centre Hotel. It is free of charge but you must call...
by Sean Percy | Jan 3, 2018 | Community
People have come from across the province and even as far away as Whitehorse to get a glimpse of a Costa’s Hummingbird that has taken up residence in the garden near Ken and Kathy Pritchard’s home and vacation cottage on Douglas Bay, at Donkersley Beach. “A fellow...
