Time to Investigate, Improve and Augment Aerial Fire Fighting

This is a followup to BC Wildfire Tanker Cost FOI -- The Devil is in the -redacted- Details.  Download the full FOI Release here: Reconsideration FOI (PDF) Download the Excel Spreadsheet here: XLS file or PDF file CHALLENGE #1: Will the parties and subsequent new Provincial Government, commit to re-evaluating the effectiveness of its FIRE FIGHTING STRATEGY and USE OF AERIAL RESOURCES?  Are we …

A slow, but determined, walk uphill toward reconciliation.

Not just a gathering Something happened on a chilly and drizzly Monday afternoon and it wasn't just a bunch of people milling about at Harbour Quay and then walking to City Hall. On March 27th, 2017 two leaders in this community, Cynthia Dick, Chief Councillor of Tseshaht First Nation, and Jolleen Dick, Councillor of Hupacasath First Nation …

Updated Feb 12, 2020 – A Question of Honour and Reconciliation

Updated February 12, 2020 - The School District agrees to change the name. This post was originally written on January 8, 2017 when the issue of the streets and the school first came to the community in a big way. I wondered for a while whether to make a new post and reference this one, …