When will the City take responsibility for Safety?

In Response to Alberni Valley News: “City of Port Alberni prioritizes funding for pair of deadly intersections” Dear Editor, In 2015/2016 when I was on the City Council that helped create the bike lanes, they were intended to only be a first step. Both the Active Transportation Plan and the Food Security and Climate Disruption …

To the Editor: Has the Province seen the Train light?

(This letter was sent to the AV News February 22, 2023. You may also be interested in this post about Passenger Rail schedules on Vancouver Island) Dear Editor, A report released by the BC Government on its website recently, listed as a “primary finding” something many have said for a long time (17 years in …

Want to increase civility and feel happier, delete Facebook.

(This letter was inspired by this Editorial in the AV News October 25, 2022) Dear Editor, and Port Alberni We have a problem. Facebook, and the way its algorithms, groups and interface manipulate us subconsciously to react and enflame, has ripped the heart out of this so-called Community with a Heart. An article published in …