(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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Cathedral Grove is supposed to be a Class A park
(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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