Protector or Liability

Dear Editor, (sent October 23, 2023 – Published AV News – Nov 29, 2023) The City of Port Alberni owns the former Somass Mill site and most of the land between Catalyst Paper and the Harbour Quay, including Dry Creek (aka Owatchet Creek). According to an author of a recent study in the journal Nature, …

Fire and flood proves Government fails on island transport

(This letter was sent to multiple Island newspapers on June 8, 2023. Published: June 12 Times Colonist.) Dear Editor,We have four alternatives to Highway 4. Three roads are controlled by Mosaic Forest Company and one railway escaped the fire and floods but not decades of Government neglect. It is time for Government’s stubborn, ideological resistance …