Visioning Nanaimo

By Don White. Councillor Ben Geselbracht’s motions in the March 29 Nanaimo Council meeting to ask Victoria to defer logging in old growth forests as recommended by their own Old-Growth Strategic Review raised more issues than perhaps he had intended…. Continue Reading →

By Don White. If you haven’t watched local politics lately (and why would you with the pandemic, US election fallout, and impending holidays going on) you may have missed a watershed moment on Nanaimo Council. In the Special Council Meeting… Continue Reading →

By Don White. Back in May, Nanaimo City Hall’s announcement of the creation of The Mayor’s Task Force on Recovery and Resilience offered everyone a ray of hope. We thought we’d shortly be learning ways to harden our capabilities to… Continue Reading →

By Don White. Back on May 5, 2020, a City of Nanaimo news release announced the creation of The Mayor’s Task Force on Recovery and Resilience. The stated purpose was “to address upcoming economic impacts, community resiliency and provide a… Continue Reading →

By Don White. An important principle that underlies community is now being played out in Nanaimo – and, I suspect, in most other towns across the country. It involves the wearing of face masks for COVID-19, but for a reason… Continue Reading →

By Don White. Maybe it was the August break. At their first regular meeting on August 31, members of Nanaimo Council were sufficiently relaxed to let show their willingness to take personal responsibility for moving our city forward. In fact,… Continue Reading →

By Don White. My previous article drew parallels between global and Canadian responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the looming environmental crises. But similarities are not the only distinctive aspects; there are also important differences. One difference is that Canadian… Continue Reading →

By Don White. Two recent articles on COVID-19 give spot-on assessments of mistakes we made in dealing with the virus and the opportunity this same crisis gives us for dealing with even larger problems. The first is a review of… Continue Reading →

By Don White. With a year and a half of the current Council’s four year term completed, it’s time for Nanaimo voters to begin a review of how things have been going. By now, those elected to the Council should… Continue Reading →

By Don White. If you think there is nothing you can do individually to help speed us through the COVID-19 pandemic, no way you can help us arrive at our hoped-for economic recovery – just stay home, wash your hands… Continue Reading →