Dear Editor, (not published) Two facts: First, pretty much everyone reading this will have “Port Alberni” at the end of their mailing address, and second, the most difficult issues communities face are often about how and where to use land. We saw a few weeks back at the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) board, a …
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To the Editor: Please consider donating to the folks on strike.
We are into the fifth month since Canada Day that workers went on strike against Western Forest Products. I was on strike once for just a few weeks. It seemed like forever. It was incredibly difficult with a mortgage and family and all the rest. Over my trusty fire barrel during the 2011 strike at …
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Two simple fixes for our Election Fairness
Nope, this isn’t a Proportional Representation pitch (maybe another day) It is much simpler. We all need to vote at the same time. We’re a huge country spanning six time zones with different interests and issues in every region. The image below shows it’s even more complicated than that… what with Saskatchewan and some other …
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