JULY/AUGUST 2019 BCBUSINESS 7 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: ROBERT KENNEY; KARI MEDIG; JENNIFER KENNEDY
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The Great Escape
Steven Brooks is just one of the Powell River
residents helping turn the former mill town into an
ideal alternative for those priced out of the Lower
Mainland. Now the Sunshine Coast locale is more
than just a tourist destination–it's a place to build a
new life by Fiona Morrow
Burning Questions
Thanks to climate change, forest fires will only get
worse in B.C. But there's plenty we can do to
make our timber supply and the communities that
depend on it more resilient to catastrophic blazes,
say foresters and others on the front lines
by Andrew Findlay
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A Simple Plan
Now that Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum
has won his old job back, many are wait-
ing to see how his campaign pledges on
transit, policing and development will
play out in real life by Frances Bula
