September 14 Council with New Cameras and Dry Creek Update

Lots of juicy stuff on City Council’s Agenda tonight. Some particularly interesting ones. Port Alberni Port Authority Lease is back on the agenda. Truck Route Discussion Free BC Transit for Federal Election 21st Avenue Crossing in the OCP and implications for the ACRD “Ring Road” Update on giving Seniors free BC Transit. Passing the variances …

Hello, this is the Voter Outreach Centre

A step away from Municipal affairs for this post….  the featured image is from this 2012 canada.com article on Robocalls. So a ‘funny’ thing just happened…. but first a little background.  On August 4, 2015 (a couple days after the Federal Election was called), I was called by an organization called the “Voter Outreach Centre”. …

Less Fires in the City, More Water in Dry Creeks (where and when it’s supposed to be), and in Dunk Tanks!

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 …