BREAKERS: timely tidbits
2020-10-17
Mayor Wiese misleads public about Buller Road clean-up Rotary Club bottle drive-thru a big hit for Food Bank RDN increases protection of Coats Marsh wetlandsContinue Reading
3-member Council changes QB’s strategic priorities
2020-10-01
On August 31, 2020, three of the five members of Council (Mayor Brian Wiese, Councillor Scott Harrison and Councillor Teunis Westbroek) met with senior TownContinue Reading
Busting the myth about proposed Waterfront roundabout funding
2020-10-01
At the June 24, 2020 Council meeting, Councillor Scott Harrison stated that “We do have one federal grant looped into the Memorial [upgrades project] atContinue Reading
Council suppressing citizen input on proposed cell tower?
2020-09-23
QB residents Dr. Fred and Carol Dowe, in a recent letter to the Mayor, Council, and Town Staff, raise objections about the public consultation processContinue Reading
Pat Collins on new jazz album, KSS days
2020-09-23
One of the many professional musicians that got their start here in Qualicum Beach released a new album earlier this year. We had the opportunityContinue Reading
QB author taps into young adult scene
2020-09-15
Warning — irony ahead. Having grown up in Vancouver and lived in Victoria for most of her adult life, writer Laura Langston finds the thingContinue Reading
Stephen Fearing house concert
2020-09-03
Qualicum Beach residents got an unexpected treat last week. On the heels of several socially-distanced mid-August concerts at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney BC,Continue Reading
QB’s active residents’ associations deserve our thanks
2020-08-24
The lifeblood of a healthy community is “engagement.” For a town of some 9,000 residents, Qualicum Beach boasts a surprising number of active, vibrant residents’Continue Reading
New restaurant-bakery mills flour on-site, preserves Island bounty
2020-08-24
They met in 2015 while he was the head chef at a restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand. She, a graduate of the Culinary Institute ofContinue Reading
Over the edge — without a zipline
2020-08-15
“It’s exciting… stressful sometimes. There’s an adrenaline rush going over the edge on a rope descent,” says Barry Blair. No, it isn’t a virtual realityContinue Reading