The Tyee. June 9, 2021. Patrick Condon is always worth a read and his latest column no less so. This time he makes a case for providing affordable housing by separating the connection between property value assigned to building and… Continue Reading →
Two great stories emerged at the end of this week. Both testify to the wealth of our community sourced in its youth and the diversity of their cultures: Syrian and Snuneymuxw First Nation. Nanaimo teen wins award for short story… Continue Reading →
CBC. June 5, 2021. How long can we go on without dealing honestly and ethically with this large, most recent elephant that now stands squarely in the middle in the room? Accountability exists at all levels of government, and for… Continue Reading →
The Guardian. June 2, 2021. It’s so very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the dominant perspective is somehow the only legitimate perspective and that all alternate views can be safely ignored. Particularly when we’re depleted. worn… Continue Reading →
Cowichan Valley Citizen. Feeling marginalized now that you’ve retired? Dumped when you hit 70? Well, there’s absolutely no reason that you should. If you combine the experience of and time available to retirees with their being part of the demographic… Continue Reading →
Nanaimo News Bulletin. If we set the issue of homelessness aside when we read this article, the inappropriateness of a higher level of government imposing its own self-defined “solutions” onto local problems without collaboration becomes immediately apparent. Were Ottawa to… Continue Reading →
Capital Daily. If it isn’t already obvious (and for some people it appears it isn’t), change is not only coming but inevitable. For our communities and cities to remain as they are today would take significantly more modification of human… Continue Reading →
BNN Bloomberg. Nothing may typify the mindset of being Canadian more than the inherent cultural view that our resources are unlimited. We see ourselves possessing enormous swathes of wilderness, endless forests and untamed rivers, boundless unmined wealth, and more water… Continue Reading →
NY Times. Few dispute the many ways the opioid crisis has impacted Canadian (and other) communities in terms of medical and social costs. If anything is demonstrated by our history of street drug use in the past decades, it’s that… Continue Reading →
The Guardian. With a city administration and local Port Authority together touting the rewards possible from expansion of Nanaimo’s cruise ship industry, it is easier to see the recent about-face in Venice’s aspirations as a cautionary tale. It is relevant,… Continue Reading →
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