BC Ferries adds sailings
BC Ferries has announced that effective Wednesday, December 20, it will add a fourth daily sailing between Powell River and Comox on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
New sailings are 3:15 pm from Comox and 5:15 pm from Powell River with the 6:50 pm sailing from Comox changing to 7:15 pm.
The sailings reinstate those cancelled in 2014.
Couple wins $1.75 million
Powell River residents Terence and Randel Weatherill had a winning ticket for the Lotto 6/49 draw on December 6. Purchased at 7-Eleven, it was part of a $7-million prize split four ways with one winner from Quebec and two from Atlantic Canada.
In a media release, the couple said they plan to build a larger house to accommodate visits from their six children and 14 grandchildren.
Restaurant earns recognition
Little Hut Curry has been named a top-10 semifinalist in the Small Business BC Awards. It was one of approximately 600 businesses nominated and tasked with gaining as many votes as possible.
The restaurant was nominated in the Best Immigrant Entrepreneur category, presented by Small Business BC.
Restaurant owner/operators Mohinder Singh and Janmeet Kaur arrived in Powell River in 2007 by way of Kashmir, India, Singapore and Saskatchewan.
Winners will be announced at an award ceremony in Vancouver on February 23.