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Should Powell River Change Its Name?

Summary by MONTECRISTO
The film opens not with the debate but with the land. Water laps against the shoreline as ʔayʔajuθəm (Ayajuthem) immersion teacher Koosen Pielle narrates place names: “Tisôsm means milky waters from the herring spawn. Xwéxwekwe, little sandy beach or Gibson’s Beach. Kwethayken, a rock at the mouth or Myrtle Rock. Xwôkwnes, still water. The orca whales stop by in this bay.” “Language is so intertwined with the landscape here,” Pielle continues. “…
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MONTECRISTO broke the news on Friday, April 24, 2026.
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