This week, Powell River City Council votes to recommend excluding 30 acres from the Agricultural Land Reserve. Councillor CaroleAnn Leishman will be on to explain more about that decision.
Ioni Wais vistited the Tla'amin Language Circle to learn about and speak the Coast Salish language with elders from the Tla'amin community. Listen for that report.
Then Sam Sansalone comes on to answer common questions in the fishing world.
We end the show with voices from Powell River Dreams and their dreams for the future.
In this show, we put the lens on affordable housing in Powell River. We talked with Kathleen O’Neill, who runs a program called Housing Hope. She talks about the face of rural homelessness in Powell River. Then Murray Dobbin and Nicholas Simons discuss the end of the legislative session and issues that are on the table, including housing, as well as the Site C dam. Ioni Wais talks to a diverse range of people about their current living situations.
We also talked to Autumn Skye Morrison and Blake Drezet of Powell River Dreams, which opens Friday, May 27
Fund Drive Week! CJMP 90.1 FM, Powell River's Community Radio wants to send a signal that can be heard. We've raised $12,000 for a new antenna and equipment. We need $15,000+ to pay certified installers to climb the Gallagher Hill Tower and install the new antenna.
This weeks podcast includes some banter about our fund drive and why it's important to support community radio. I hope you can kick down a few bucks! Link up with www.cjmp.ca/15k to learn how to donate and see the prizes and perks offered!