The Railway beyond the Capital

Dear Editor, (Published in the Times Colonist May 4, 2021) I feel I must respond to the “Stop dreaming about returning trains to E&N corridor” in a very simple way.  The original railway did not only run from downtown Victoria to the wilds of Seven Mile Pub and Royal Roads. The Island Corridor was conceived …

Calls for Island Wide Public Transit gather steam

ACRD Board Decide to Investigate Public Transit At the ACRD Regional District meeting on Wednesday February 24 the Board did two things: They heard from Travis Wilson of Wilson Transportation/Tofino Bus on the situation they are facing, and then as a separate item they addressed the topic of inter-regional transit service. The Board decided to …

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 …