San Group’s Pacific Mayfair Estates takes over Beaver Ponds – Maybe They Should Donate The Land.

The Beaver Ponds – A Series This Post San Group Beaver Ponds Development – The Environmental ImpactBeaver Pond Development – Good City Building? Updated — I added a section on the very end about park dedications and fish habitat. There has been a lot of concern, rightly, about what is going on with the Beaver …

To The Editor: Restoring the Estuary is an Option

(This letter was sent to the AVNews on July 25, 2021) Dear Editor, There is a lot of talk of what might come of the WFP lands if they are expropriated. What if they went back to their original purpose? There are amazing photos (courtesy Alberni Valley Museum) of the harbour just after the E&N …

To The Editor: It is Time for a Provincial Environmental Health Officer

Dear Editor, (Published June 20 Times Colonist “We need a Bonnie Henry for climate change”) As I watch the calm, compassionate and intensely rational and authoritative handling of the COVID19 pandemic by Dr. Bonnie Henry, I can’t help but think we need this for BC’s environment and ecosystems. Dr. Henry’s primary goal is to work …