Now here’s a happy little story with much bigger implications. In the UK, “Conor Gallagher, a former architect from Belfast, gave up his job last year and launched a website, AllotMe, to match want-to-be gardeners with owners of green spaces… Continue Reading →
If you are interested in dealing with Nanaimo’s housing crisis, you will be interested in this: the position being espoused by the presumptive new leader of the current provincial government. And you’ll want to know where the current crop of… Continue Reading →
What does Nanaimo have in common with Vancouver? Well, for one thing, we share the phenomenon of new and proposed development – some of it large scale – replacing existing residences and building – some of it still occupiable and… Continue Reading →
It isn’t just a federal issue. Rather, it concerns the very heart of community – whether community is defined municipally, provincially, nationally, or as the global collection of humankind. This article by Charlie Angus, first published in Policy Magazine and… Continue Reading →
This article might be best read not just as an analysis of how Canadians reacted (and still react) to the ongoing pandemic, but as an object lesson predicting our behaviour during the various crises still with us and ahead. Using… Continue Reading →
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 →
To really understand the consequences of BC Public Health’s questionable abandonment of mask and distancing mandates, you should take a look at this. Off the top: “Despite strong levels of vaccination among older people, Covid killed them at vastly higher… Continue Reading →
It may turn out – in the end – that communities can actually benefit from the so-called “freedom” protests. Not benefit directly but benefit from more inclusive counter-reactions to the inverted flags, yelling, and parading-blockading that began with the trucker… Continue Reading →
A just-published study provides evidence for what many have suspected all along. “People who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 contribute disproportionately to the risk of infection among those who have been vaccinated.” As a consequence, the authors say, the… Continue Reading →
Here is an impressive example of what a small community, even one within a city, can accomplish when it has the will. Bristol community secures funding to build tallest wind turbine in England. The Guardian. April 16, 2022. “Residents of… Continue Reading →
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