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RDN scrutiny reveals QB paying too much for RCMP services?
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
February 24, 2023
School Board impedes public access to information
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
February 24, 2023
Singer Maureen Washington & her Quartet return for an evening of soulful jazz & blues
By:
Editor
On:
February 24, 2023
BREAKERS: Local donations reach 60 quake-orphaned children – Mayor’s defamation settlement raises questions
By:
Editor
On:
February 24, 2023
LETTERS: Wiese appointment as alternate RDN director raises concerns – School facilities decline
By:
Editor
On:
February 24, 2023
Neglected Qualicum Beach schools could become “whole community” assets with modest investment, Town collaboration
By:
Ray Woroniak
On:
February 7, 2023
Why we criticize… Town Council & Administration
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
February 7, 2023
There’s no such thing as affordable housing
By:
Daniel Herriges
On:
February 7, 2023
BREAKERS: Local familes shattered by relatives’ deaths in earthquake – $95,000 contract awarded to Legion by Town for community events, no public consultation
By:
Editor
On:
February 7, 2023
LETTERS: Appointment of former mayor Wiese as RDN alternate raises concern
By:
Editor
On:
February 7, 2023
Driver in Qualicum Beach hit-and-run death was facing charges in another motor vehicle fatality
By:
Editor
On:
January 22, 2023
How one small school in B.C. became a public elementary Montessori school
By:
Sylvia Bell
On:
January 22, 2023
EXPLAINER: Local law enforcement accountability
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
January 22, 2023
LETTERS: Former long-time mayor Art Skipsey in his own words, and his family’s tribute
By:
Editor
On:
January 22, 2023
BREAKERS: Brant Wildlife Festival – Biosphere Roundtable – Cinema feasibility study – Town Council strategic planning
By:
Editor
On:
January 22, 2023
Journey from war in Ukraine to safety on Vancouver Island
By:
Editor
On:
December 20, 2022
The future of housing – ‘gentle intensification’ or destabilizing chaos?
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
December 20, 2022
Nautical retail shop sails into Qualicum Beach
By:
Editor
On:
December 20, 2022
LETTERS: Town Council review – Island Health lab service degraded
By:
Editor
On:
December 20, 2022
BREAKERS: Cell phone security – ‘Tis the season, Scene around town
By:
Editor
On:
December 20, 2022
In this B.C. town, big money is bulldozing democracy
By:
Cara McKenna
On:
October 26, 2022
Self-Represented litigants expose deeply flawed legal system
By:
Meg Holden
On:
October 26, 2022
Mushroom Festival reveals wondrous worlds
By:
Editor
On:
October 26, 2022
BREAKERS: QB Streetlights group – Municipal election results – MAID legislation
By:
Editor
On:
October 26, 2022
More misleading info emerges from mayoral candidates Wiese, Westbroek
By:
Editor
On:
October 14, 2022
A river runs through this QB ranch
By:
Editor
On:
October 14, 2022
Flying into the future without a flight plan, or a cinema
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
October 14, 2022
LETTERS: Who will be guarding Town finances? – No Town action on LED streetlights – Divisive development
By:
Editor
On:
October 14, 2022
BREAKERS: No charges for hit-and-run death – Water levels at 10 yr low – Complaints about RCMP harassment
By:
Editor
On:
October 14, 2022
Bans, SLAPPs and NDAs – the silencing and bullying of citizens
By:
Editor
On:
October 3, 2022
The resurgence of Indigenous canoes – Ravensong Canoe now in good hands of non-profit society
By:
Odette Auger
On:
October 3, 2022
Promises, promises – what returning candidates said during 2018 campaign
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
October 3, 2022
BREAKERS: Wiese campaign issues false statements – Day of Relief for Ukraine – Latest bullying at Town Hall
By:
Editor
On:
October 3, 2022
LETTERS: Increasing Town Council size – Sports broadcaster Trozzo
By:
Editor
On:
October 3, 2022
QB’s Tony Trozzo starts the season as Salmon Arm Silverbacks play-by-play broadcaster
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
September 2, 2022
Secret ‘Situation Tables’ monitor B.C. citizens to plan interventions by police, social workers, healthcare providers, school administrators
By:
Nathan Munn
On:
September 2, 2022
Climate change – resilience or resistance?
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
September 2, 2022
LETTERS: Dangerous drivers – Emergency management
By:
Editor
On:
September 2, 2022
BREAKERS: LED streetlighting – 2nd Todsen defamation lawsuit discontinued – Hit-and-Run investigation
By:
Editor
On:
September 2, 2022
One year later, Harty family wondering why still no results of fatal hit-and-run investigation
By:
Editor
On:
August 17, 2022
Whiskey Creek Bakery & Bistro transforms into tranquil rural retreat
By:
Editor
On:
August 17, 2022
“Dawdling and delaying” Ravensong Pool upgrade “doubles cost”
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
August 17, 2022
LETTERS: Bike path congestion – Roaming cats a concern – East Village development – Illicit drug deaths
By:
Editor
On:
August 17, 2022
BREAKERS: Defamation lawsuit dismissed – Marine Science Fair – Humpback whale sighting – Cycling Cross on the Commons – Spider Lake sizzle
By:
Editor
On:
August 17, 2022
Town Hall transparency – good news and bad news
By:
Gil Sampson
On:
July 21, 2022
Cancer patient allegedly “roughed up” by Nanaimo hospital staff, family files complaint
By:
Melissa Renwick
On:
July 21, 2022
Small Town, City Blues – a view from next door
By:
Editor
On:
July 21, 2022