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 looking to Nanaimo Council candidates for alternative thinking on dealing with the housing crisis, you aren’t alone. ”With housing affordability at crisis levels across Greater Victoria, a coalition of local non-profit housing providers are calling on candidates… Continue Reading →
No doubt there will be myriad claims (and promises) made by Nanaimo Council candidates in the next month leading up to the municipal election. But according to the author of today’s item, when we assess candidate views on certain issues… 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 →
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 →
The final of eight articles from the National Observer’s Special Report: Bolder, faster, together focuses on the problematic lack of training of local residents and officials who form the de facto front line in any emergency. “While words like climate… Continue Reading →
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