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Councillor Robert Filmer

Bans, SLAPPs and NDAs – the silencing and bullying of citizens

2022-10-03
On: October 3, 2022

October 03, 2022 – According to recent investigations, media reports and local incidents there is a disturbing trend towards greater secrecy and increasing evidence ofContinue Reading

Promises, promises – what returning candidates said during 2018 campaign

2022-10-03
On: October 3, 2022

October 03, 2022 – All five incumbent Town of Qualicum Beach Council members are standing for re-election in 2022. This election campaign is a performanceContinue Reading

Climate change – resilience or resistance?

2022-09-02
On: September 2, 2022

September 02, 2022 – It seems to be a quirk of human nature to avoid confronting uncomfortable thoughts about the future. Yet most of usContinue Reading

Breakers at Qualicum Beach

BREAKERS: Town managers ignored Council housing directive – RDN denies Oceanside Initiatives funding – Backyard chicken survey cooked – Town conceals grant failure

2021-12-02
On: December 2, 2021

DECEMBER 2, 2021 Breaking News: Public Information Meeting – Naked Naturals re-zoning application – Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Town managers ignored Council’s direction on HousingContinue Reading

LED streetlights – dark skies enjoyed in some QB neighbourhoods

2021-12-02
On: December 2, 2021

DECEMBER 2, 2021 – The introduction of industrial-strength LED lighting to Qualicum Beach residential streets remains a persistent burr under the community’s collective saddle, butContinue Reading

TELUS proxy constrains QB residents’ input, with help from Council and federal agency

2021-11-16
On: November 16, 2021

On June 22, 2021, the Town announced it had issued a development permit two months earlier to TELUS to install a 45 metre tall communicationsContinue Reading

LETTERS: Residents not taking bench removal sitting down

2021-10-08
On: October 8, 2021

Two letter writers express the exasperation of the Town’s residents regarding the mysterious and inexplicable disappearance of benches from the community. A few weeks agoContinue Reading

BREAKERS: Todsens file lawsuit against QB environmental group – Changes to mail ballot delivery options – No reply from Chamber – Deliver mail-in votes by hand – Pheasant Glen – Election distractions?

2021-05-08
On: May 8, 2021

Timely tidbits + follow-ups to previously published stories BREAKING NEWS: Todsens file defamation lawsuit against Qualicum Nature Preservation Society ALERT: Mail ballot drop now permittedContinue Reading

LETTERS: partisan mayors moving QB backwards

2021-02-04
On: February 4, 2021

It seems our town is moving backwards, not forward. I was stunned a few days ago when I noticed that Qualicum Beach was not onContinue Reading

Council disregarding East Village concept

2021-01-09
On: January 9, 2021

Editor:  In this article, Kevin Monahan points out that Town Council’s plan for revitalizing the East Village does not align with the earlier “concept” theyContinue Reading

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