What a Week…. final thoughts. I have been to a few of these kinds of conferences in my time.  I went to two Apple World Wide Developers Conferences in 1999 and 2001,  I’ve been to a few for work including one for my Union (VIU Faculty Association) and of course AVICC earlier this year.  However, this …
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A few interesting things happening in City Business. Big changes to Fires in the City Over the past couple weeks the City has gone through a bit of a sea change on the fire prevention front and it all comes down to improving Air Quaity. #1: Backyard Burning banned yearround starting April 16, 2016. This will not affect …
In the past two weeks we have had two very separate but similar instances where fear has played a large role in decision making. Â I’m going to start with the most recent one. Fear wins over contracts and trust At the just completed council meeting on Monday July 13th (Agenda) Councillor Minions and I brought …
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