(Letter sent to AVNews on August 18, 2026) Dear Editor, We should correct the record when it comes to growth in Port Alberni. Port Alberni is growing. The latest official data is from the 2021 Canadian census. Between the 2016 and 2021 census, the “City” population of Port Alberni grew by 3.3% from 17,678 to …
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(Sent to AVNews – April 22 Edition – Online Article April 26) Dear Editor, What is the purpose of a Class A Provincial Park like Cathedral Grove (MacMillan Park)? Is it to turn trees into tall lifeless poles? According to BCParks in a Class A park: “no natural resource may be granted, sold, removed, destroyed, …
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(The Letter was sent to the AV News on January 8, 2026) Dear Editor, I’ve been increasingly disturbed by Mayor and Council’s decisions of late and the latest budget related scandals have only gotten worse: Ending the City’s relationship with the BCSPCA; proposed ending support for McLean Mill National Historic Site; the Visitor Centre begging …
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