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Providing an online home for these columns was the original purpose for creating Visioning Nanaimo, and remains a key reason for its existence. Topics range from politics to the environment, particularly as they apply locally. Linking tabs for the full list of columns appearing since the creation of this website appear below organized chronologically by date of posting.

Why You Need To Know Your Candidates – Like Never Before

Updated October 14, 2022. By Don White Just in case you’ve missed what’s been happening in the October elections in BC, it appears there’s something of a quasi-organized, right wing incursion into local races for both municipal councils and school… Continue Reading →

Will Current Council Candidates Uphold Their Ethical Obligation To Voters?

By Don White At first glance, the article The intellectuals are far too sophisticated to see the truth in Ukraine published today in The Line appears to have little to do with next week’s municipal election in Namaimo. However Andrew… Continue Reading →

How about we elect only candidates who have the moxie to fight Victoria?

By Don White Okay, full disclosure. I’m still really shocked by the lack of enshrined rights of municipalities in provincial/federal constitutions. But even more concerning is how the lack of such rights is routinely used by some provinces to effectively… Continue Reading →

VN’s New Feature Signals An Expanded Purpose

By Don White You will notice a few changes in Visioning Nanaimo today, if you look around the website. These changes were made to accommodate a new feature. Readers can now comment on all posts. Enabling readers to comment on… Continue Reading →

So Nanaimo Council’s big change is to opt for no change?

It was dismaying to watch Nanaimo City Council’s last regular meeting on Monday, April 4, 2022, Particularly the presentation to Council on the “State of the Nanaimo Economy” by Amrit Manhas, Economic Development Officer. And equally disturbing to read the… Continue Reading →

“Freedom Convoys” expose principles that communities require to exist

By Don White The occupation of Ottawa and blockades at Canadian-US border crossings are not just citizens exercising their right to demonstrate. They are a minority making assertions of their right to freely commit “economic vandalism and intimidation” and a… Continue Reading →

VN Viewpoints has a new look!

By Don White. Readers of items in Visioning Nanaimo’s Viewpoints section will notice a few changes in format when they read today’s post. Off the top: the name of this area of the website has changed from “Other Viewpoints” to… Continue Reading →

It’s all about personal, local action

By Don White. If anything seems obvious at this moment, surely it’s our need to do more things ourselves to change our situation. Particularly when those on whom we bestow the authority to act seem more inclined towards the paralysis… Continue Reading →

How to book your 2nd Covid shot online

Just a heads up for people like me who have trouble discerning information that isn’t there or isn’t made explicit. If you have registered with BC Health and have received a SMS text notice that you are eligible to book… Continue Reading →

Council’s new lane will need a change up

By Don White. Well, I admit that was a surprise. If you watched the April 19 Nanaimo Council meeting you saw that the members who were previously most opposed to taking local concerns to higher levels of government had rethought… Continue Reading →

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