(Sent to the AV News on September 28 2026) Dear Editor, The 2PM city council meetings are not only supremely inconvenient for the general public who have a job, they also, according to at least one potential council candidate this election, limit who we have running to represent us on City Council. The ACRD directors …
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Port Alberni is growing and could be even better together.
(Letter sent to AVNews on August 18, 2026 – Published in Sept 2 print edition – ) 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 …
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Austerity and sprawl are not the future Port Alberni deserves.
(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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