How our local government works – Part 3 of 5 from the Feb 9 SRD Board Meeting
A Strathcona Regional District motion to remove the term ‘unceded’ from acknowledgements of First Nations territory was defeated, in a 8 to 6 vote, at the Wednesday, Feb 9 Board meeting.
Continue reading SRD motion to remove ‘unceded’ from First Nations territorial acknowledgements defeatedHow our local government works
The Strathcona Regional District Board is writing Premier Horgan, to protest the government’s new ‘reactive,’ and ‘emotionally driven’ forestry policies.
This letter appears to have largely been composed by Campbell River Director Charlie Cornfield, with some additions by SRD Chair Brad Unger.
If the authors had stuck to the idea that local government should be involved in the process, or taken a less confrontational approach, their letter would have received more support.
Instead, the decision to send it carried by a 7 to 6 vote.
Continue reading SRD protests BC’s ‘reactive’ and ‘emotionally driven’ forestry policiesHow our local government works
It has been more than three months since the village of Lytton burned to the ground, displacing nearly 1,300 people, and the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) is reaching out to see if it can help.
Continue reading SRD asks Lytton how it can helpCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Campbell River may be erecting billboards for only two of its three key pillar industries: aquaculture and forestry – but not tourism.
Continue reading Campbell River may be erecting billboards for two key industries, not threeThe Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board is the latest local government to endorse the recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review.
Continue reading SRD endorses recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review Panel
