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Conservative candidate for North Island—Powell River
 • Craig Turney
The big money behind Powell River’s controversial name change
how American investors and Alberta oil interests are fueling division in small-town British Columbia
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The Sunshine Coast Dock War
Meet the waterfront millionaires trying to cancel the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
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The Crofton Mill Closure
China’s fibre grab and a century of capital flight
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The Cowichan Decision
and the sanctity of the Registry
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The Battle for Dwight Hall
and the socialists who fought to make housing a human right
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Powell River’s money problem
the city lost its mill, but it doesn’t have to go broke. Municipal socialism, council housing, and other lessons from history
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The Westview Ratepayers
and a history of homelessness in Powell River
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The Garden City Myth
an open letter to the Townsite Heritage Society
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A Blue-Collar History of Powell River
Our town's story, from the perspective of the workers who built it
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The Contested History of Beacon Hill Park
This is one of the first essays I shared on the internet.
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