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How many bullets do we dodge before we take away the fossil fuelled gun?

(This letter was sent to the AVNews on August 18. It was published in the August 27 2025 print edition and online on the AVNews website on August 30) The first picture I have of the Underwood Fire. I took it at 6:53PM August 11 opposite the Barclay hotel in Port Alberni. Dear Editor, Port …

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2 years later, my Freedom of Information Request shows a snapshot of Government ignoring Vancouver Islanders for 20 years.

On June 28, 2023 I submitted a Request for Information to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure of British Columbia for documents related to the Island Railway on Vancouver Island. It took two years to receive the response.

Is it time to spread our wings as a Nation?

King Charles III is, at the moment of this writing, in Ottawa, Canada meeting and greeting people young and old, of high office and commoner alike. It’s a nice event. The spontaneous crowd in the gardens at Rideau Hall are singing Oh Canada and God Save the King. I can’t help but wonder if at …

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