Dear Editor, Fees, taxes, and time… they all go inevitably higher but at least we can slow the first two. The Mayor is right, we don’t have industry to pick up the bills anymore. It is up to us, and that’s true whether you live inside or outside city limits. Rather than face this reality, …
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It’s time for a Stop Light at Cathedral Grove.
I wrote this after seeing this article from CHEKNews about visitors wondering why it was so dangerous in the Park, “Pedestrians cross the highway at Cathedral Grove after vehicles in both directions stop for them, causing honking from other vehicles nearby”, what an embarrassment! Dear Editor (and Minister Todd Stone), Since what seems like the …
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Enough Bickering – Build the pool, unite the City.
(Letter sent May 29, 2024 to Alberni Valley News published June 4, 2024) Dear Editor, Enough. This aquatic centre debate has dragged through at least 5 terms of Council and Regional Directors spanning nearly two decades. An entire generation and more of young people, my own children included, have had to use a facility that …
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