When will the City take responsibility for Safety?

In Response to Alberni Valley News: “City of Port Alberni prioritizes funding for pair of deadly intersections” Dear Editor, In 2015/2016 when I was on the City Council that helped create the bike lanes, they were intended to only be a first step. Both the Active Transportation Plan and the Food Security and Climate Disruption …

No Honours for Genocidal Acts

(This letter was sent to Port Alberni City Council on February 24, 2023) Dear Mayor and Council, I write on this important day February 24, 2023.  81 years ago today, after decades of anti-Asian racism and resentment whipped up by prominent politicians like our own AW Neill, Canadians of Japanese descent were forcibly removed from …

To the Editor: Has the Province seen the Train light?

(This letter was sent to the AV News February 22, 2023. You may also be interested in this post about Passenger Rail schedules on Vancouver Island) Dear Editor, A report released by the BC Government on its website recently, listed as a “primary finding” something many have said for a long time (17 years in …