Yesterday when I drove over “the hump” (a small mountain pass out of my town), I noticed quite a gathering of people. Apparently there was a good purpose for that gathering. (G&M) Environmentalists, forest workers, retired forest workers, mill workers and many others all gathered to stop logging trucks from leaving the Alberni Valley. NDP …
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At this moment in my hometown of Port Alberni, it is 10.6 degrees Celsius (51F). “Normal” for this time of year is more like 5.6C. By contrast, Moscow, Russia is currently enjoying -15C weather. This is actually an improvement from last week, when the temperature plummeted to -30C, but still far from the 4C average …
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Last night I went to the All Candidates meeting here in Port Alberni. I am in the riding of Nanaimo-Alberni on Vancouver Island. I already intended on voting this Saturday in the advance polls (voting on the weekend is alot easier than after a days work and commute home)… So, I went to the ACM …
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