POWELL RIVER – New Democrat MLA Nicholas Simons says that $72,000 in funding from the province will help support safer social service delivery in Powell River. The funding will go to the Inclusion Powell River Society for the creation of an outdoor ‘warm room’ to deliver physically distanced programming, including …
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