Optimism: Numbers show potential big growth in Port Alberni population.

I’m a geek, as you already know from posts like this, and I also like numbers and spreadsheets, as you know from posts like this. 🙂 So of course I perked up when I saw this tweet from the CivicInfo feed at @BCHeadlines. https://twitter.com/BCHeadlines/status/1230536750168076288 BC Stats are interesting because they fill in the 5 year …

Evolution of the Federal riding in Port Alberni since 1896.

Wow, that’s a lot of data. On January 30, I stumbled across an amazing and new resource called election-atlas.ca. It has compiled, through maps, the results of every Canadian federal and provincial election since Canada was a country! Amazing! In this blog you will find a story of the riding that has included Port Alberni …

To the Editor: RE: Relocating Port Alberni’s public works yard ‘below low priority’

Dear Editor, (The letter was sent on January 29, 2020. It has not been published yet) I normally agree heartily with Mr Jardin’s letters so it is with some surprise that I felt compelled to write today regarding the need to relocate the City’s works yard. (T. Lyman Jardin: “Relocating Port Alberni’s public works yard …