Powell River
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Oct 30, 2026
Patricia BoveyGUEST
The arts have been really important in rural revival.
Patricia BoveyGUEST
Look at some of the festivals that have taken up and really contributed to communities that were dying, whether it's the Choral Festival that's at Powell River in BC every year, the Laura Festival in Ontario.
Patricia BoveyGUEST
these are really, really important in the economy of those communities.
Patricia BoveyGUEST
Look how important artists have been in the environmental and climate change debates, right? And the number of artists who who have gone right out there and portrayed work and covered these issues and brought them to the fore.
Robin MawinneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I compare that with Gabriola, which contributes $100,000 annually to Nanaimo for recreation.
Robin MawinneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Gabriola has a population almost twice Quadras, or Denman Island, or the electoral areas adjacent to Powell River.
Robin MawinneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They have agreements.
Robin MawinneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They've not been seemingly forced to become service participants.
Eric McNeelyGUEST
And we should be recycling our ships and there's industrial sites around this coast that are no longer homes to mills I think there's opportunities in Campbell river.
Eric McNeelyGUEST
Port Alberni, Powell River, and a number of other places up and down the coast, Prince Rupert, where there could be shipbuilding, recycling and repair done in a way that creates a full system that we can build more ships and not just ferries, but other vessels as well, because that will build an economy that matters.
Eric McNeelyGUEST
I think Brad West said it well, we don't just run on whale tours and coffee shops.
Mike SmythHOST
Yeah, it would be nice to build our ferries here.
Amy BellHOST
Email bctoday at cbc.ca. And we did actually get an email in from Roman in, or sorry, from Jagger, says his name is Jagger Rosenberg.
Amy BellHOST
I'm from Gibson and I ran for the BC NDP nomination in Powell River, Sunshine Coast, ahead of the last provincial election where I was the youngest candidate in Canadian history.
Amy BellHOST
I was 17 at the time and one of only two young people I knew of who ran that election.
Amy BellHOST
Ultimately, I didn't secure the nomination and the other candidate was in a riding that was considered unwinnable.
Mike McDonaldHOST
Uh, and it's definitely what I would call a swing seat.
Mike McDonaldHOST
Uh, Penticton Summerland, Ladysmith Oceanside, Powell River, Sunshine Coast, and Boundary Similkameen round out the top five of turnout.
Mike McDonaldHOST
Uh, And the common thread for the bottom four of those there is that lots of old people.
Mike McDonaldHOST
Lots of old people liking to vote early.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
We've won at all levels.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
So we've done international at Kithaumi, which is like in Powell River.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
It's an international competition that brings in some very, very good choirs from across the globe.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
That was fantastic.
Camille Witt-McNieGUEST
Yeah.
Camille Witt-McNieGUEST
Uh, yeah, Robin's in Powell River, and then-
Darcy MurrayHOST
So there's no one meeting spot.
Darcy MurrayHOST
Everybody's working from home.
speaker_1CORRESPONDENT
When Sim unseated a sitting mayor four years ago, it hadn't happened in Vancouver since 1980.
speaker_1CORRESPONDENT
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is investigating a possible collision between a boat and at least one humpback whale south of Powell River.
speaker_1CORRESPONDENT
The incident happened on October 10th near Hardy Island off Saltery Bay.
speaker_1CORRESPONDENT
A witness says a boat heading toward Earls Cove passed through an area where two humpbacks were swimming, appeared to hit at least one of them, stopped briefly, and then kept going.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
We've won at all levels.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
So we've done international at Kithaumi, which is like in Powell River.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
It's an international competition that brings in some very, very good choirs from across the globe.
Zarrah HolvickGUEST
That was fantastic.
speaker_1NARRATOR
When Sim unseated a sitting mayor four years ago, it hadn't happened in Vancouver since 1980.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada is investigating a possible collision between a boat and at least one humpback whale south of Powell River.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The incident happened on October 10th near Hardy Island, off Saltery Bay.
speaker_1NARRATOR
A witness says a boat heading toward Earls Cove passed through an area where two humpbacks were swimming, appeared to hit at least one of them, stopped briefly, and then kept going.
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