By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The BC Green Party says urgent action is needed to address the province’s “collapsing” health-care system.
And its two MLAs are planning a series of meetings across the province this summer to hear from health-care workers and patients on solutions.
Continue reading BC Greens Launch Hearings on Health-Care ‘Crisis’
The streets of Campbell River have opened up with a series of free, family-friendly events and entertainment that will continue until September.
“We think that this is a great opportunity. Hopefully COVID is starting to leave us and we have the ability to return to a new normal. This whole set of opportunities with the downtown core is meant to bring us out of what we’ve been experiencing over the last couple of years in reduced ability to program and to get out and interact and socialize. This is really on the flip side of it. We want to be able to blow the lid off of this and get everybody downtown and enjoying what Campbell River has done. Campbell River has a lot to offer both the residents in the surrounding area and visitors to it,“ explained Robin Mitchell, the city’s Manager of Recreation and Culture.
Continue reading This summer: downtown Campbell River is celebrating!How our local government works
The Strathcona Regional District will be conducting an independent audit of director remuneration and expenses.
“I received more money than other directors,” admitted Regional Director Jim Abram of Area C (Discovery Islands-Mainland Inlets), who then proceeded to explain how this came about.
Chair Brad Unger said, “There’s no defending anything here. The motion is for an audit of director renumeration. There’s no name of a director in that. It’s directors, it is all of us.”
Regional Director Brenda Leigh of Area D (Oyster Bay-Buttle Lake) protested, “I see this motion and this whole initiative as nothing but political – right before an election!”
Continue reading Significant variation in Director expenses, SRD calls for independent audit
On Tuesday May 17th, a group of Mosaic (Island Timberlands / TimberWest) employees travelled to Cortes Island to host an “open house” at the Gorge Hall. They set up displays indoors and offered a casual one-on-one discussion period from 10AM to noon; at noon, they made a formal presentation which — thanks to improving weather — was held outdoors for better Covid safety.
Mosaic’s plans to resume industrial logging on Cortes Island are controversial and have already inspired a petition-style letter and a series of community meetings. Mosaic has received significant feedback from the community challenging their cut plan on various grounds, including location (cutting within the boundaries of sensitive ecosystems) and extraction rate (several times the rate recommended and practised by the Cortes Community Forest).
Continue reading Mosaic/IT Open House at Gorge HallHow our local government works
The public hearing for a proposed RV park on land owned by the Quadra Island Golf Course (Quadra Links) has been rescheduled to November 23, 2022.
Continue reading Public Meeting for Quadra Links proposal reset to Nov 23, 2022
