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Driver in Qualicum Beach hit-and-run death was facing charges in another motor vehicle fatality
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Editor
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January 22, 2023
How one small school in B.C. became a public elementary Montessori school
By:
Sylvia Bell
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January 22, 2023
EXPLAINER: Local law enforcement accountability
By:
Gil Sampson
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January 22, 2023
LETTERS: Former long-time mayor Art Skipsey in his own words, and his family’s tribute
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Editor
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January 22, 2023
BREAKERS: Brant Wildlife Festival – Biosphere Roundtable – Cinema feasibility study – Town Council strategic planning
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Editor
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January 22, 2023
Journey from war in Ukraine to safety on Vancouver Island
By:
Editor
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December 20, 2022
The future of housing – ‘gentle intensification’ or destabilizing chaos?
By:
Gil Sampson
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December 20, 2022
Nautical retail shop sails into Qualicum Beach
By:
Editor
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December 20, 2022
LETTERS: Town Council review – Island Health lab service degraded
By:
Editor
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December 20, 2022
BREAKERS: Cell phone security – ‘Tis the season, Scene around town
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Editor
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December 20, 2022
In this B.C. town, big money is bulldozing democracy
By:
Cara McKenna
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October 26, 2022
Self-Represented litigants expose deeply flawed legal system
By:
Meg Holden
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October 26, 2022
Mushroom Festival reveals wondrous worlds
By:
Editor
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October 26, 2022
BREAKERS: QB Streetlights group – Municipal election results – MAID legislation
By:
Editor
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October 26, 2022
More misleading info emerges from mayoral candidates Wiese, Westbroek
By:
Editor
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October 14, 2022
A river runs through this QB ranch
By:
Editor
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October 14, 2022
Flying into the future without a flight plan, or a cinema
By:
Gil Sampson
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October 14, 2022
LETTERS: Who will be guarding Town finances? – No Town action on LED streetlights – Divisive development
By:
Editor
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October 14, 2022
BREAKERS: No charges for hit-and-run death – Water levels at 10 yr low – Complaints about RCMP harassment
By:
Editor
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October 14, 2022
Bans, SLAPPs and NDAs – the silencing and bullying of citizens
By:
Editor
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October 3, 2022
The resurgence of Indigenous canoes – Ravensong Canoe now in good hands of non-profit society
By:
Odette Auger
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October 3, 2022
Promises, promises – what returning candidates said during 2018 campaign
By:
Gil Sampson
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October 3, 2022
BREAKERS: Wiese campaign issues false statements – Day of Relief for Ukraine – Latest bullying at Town Hall
By:
Editor
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October 3, 2022
LETTERS: Increasing Town Council size – Sports broadcaster Trozzo
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Editor
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October 3, 2022
QB’s Tony Trozzo starts the season as Salmon Arm Silverbacks play-by-play broadcaster
By:
Gil Sampson
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September 2, 2022
Secret ‘Situation Tables’ monitor B.C. citizens to plan interventions by police, social workers, healthcare providers, school administrators
By:
Nathan Munn
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September 2, 2022
Climate change – resilience or resistance?
By:
Gil Sampson
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September 2, 2022
LETTERS: Dangerous drivers – Emergency management
By:
Editor
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September 2, 2022
BREAKERS: LED streetlighting – 2nd Todsen defamation lawsuit discontinued – Hit-and-Run investigation
By:
Editor
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September 2, 2022
One year later, Harty family wondering why still no results of fatal hit-and-run investigation
By:
Editor
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August 17, 2022
Whiskey Creek Bakery & Bistro transforms into tranquil rural retreat
By:
Editor
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August 17, 2022
“Dawdling and delaying” Ravensong Pool upgrade “doubles cost”
By:
Gil Sampson
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August 17, 2022
LETTERS: Bike path congestion – Roaming cats a concern – East Village development – Illicit drug deaths
By:
Editor
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August 17, 2022
BREAKERS: Defamation lawsuit dismissed – Marine Science Fair – Humpback whale sighting – Cycling Cross on the Commons – Spider Lake sizzle
By:
Editor
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August 17, 2022
Town Hall transparency – good news and bad news
By:
Gil Sampson
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July 21, 2022
Cancer patient allegedly “roughed up” by Nanaimo hospital staff, family files complaint
By:
Melissa Renwick
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July 21, 2022
Small Town, City Blues – a view from next door
By:
Editor
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July 21, 2022
BREAKERS: Town botches Public Hearings – Climate Crisis March – No shutdown of Port Alberni emergency department
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Editor
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July 21, 2022
LETTERS: Youth co-organizers March for Our Future July 22
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Editor
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July 21, 2022
Town halts planning for public square at former Bus Garage site
By:
Gil Sampson
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June 30, 2022
Eileen Wicks’ case takes sharp turn on legal front, publication bans questioned
By:
Editor
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June 30, 2022
BREAKERS: Charges recommended in 2021 hit-and-run death – Ceremonial canoe disappeared – Ravensong upgrade gets go-ahead
By:
Editor
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June 30, 2022
School’s out, summer’s in!
By:
Editor
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June 30, 2022
LETTERS: Trail safety concerns – Another unlawful confinement by hospital
By:
Editor
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June 30, 2022
Let them eat cake – Island Health offers “take out delivery” party, attempts to suppress Eileen Wicks’ story
By:
Editor
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June 9, 2022
De L’île Restaurant carves up fresh west coast halibut to rave reviews
By:
Editor
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June 9, 2022
BREAKERS: Support for Ukraine – International floral champs – Rotary clubs merge – Host an international student
By:
Editor
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June 9, 2022