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Breakers at Qualicum Beach

BREAKERS: QB Streetlights group – Municipal election results – MAID legislation

2022-10-26
On: October 26, 2022

October 26, 2022 QB Streetlights group Municipal election results Apply for a position on Canada’s Chief Science Advisor’s Youth Council Update – MAID legislation developmentsContinue Reading

LETTERS: Who will be guarding Town finances? – No Town action on LED streetlights – Divisive development

2022-10-14
On: October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022 Divisive development proposals Dear Editor, Although many development projects in Qualicum Beach are processed without contention, some development proposals become divisive within theContinue Reading

Breakers at Qualicum Beach

BREAKERS: LED streetlighting – 2nd Todsen defamation lawsuit discontinued – Hit-and-Run investigation

2022-09-02
On: September 2, 2022

September 02, 2022 LED streetlighting – a cursory update from Bob Weir 2nd Todsen defamation lawsuit discontinued RCMP investigation of fatal crash reveals alleged drunkContinue Reading

LETTERS: Herbicide use – LED street lighting – Eileen Wicks’ detention

2022-05-01
On: May 1, 2022

May 01, 2022 Continued use of herbicides harms our region’s biodiversity Dear Editor, I am concerned about the continued use of herbicides in our forestsContinue 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

Breakers at Qualicum Beach

BREAKERS: Eaglecrest Residents’ Assoc. president used fake identity online – Oceanside News merging with Black Press? – Local retail store manager dies of COVID-19

2021-11-03
On: November 3, 2021

Eaglecrest Residents’ Association president John Wood used fake identity online Oceanside News and Black Press newspaper chain share staff – merger? Scene around Town –Continue Reading

LETTERS: Benches – Chainsaw carvers – LED streetlighting – Short-term rentals

2021-11-03
On: November 3, 2021

Town selling “unsafe” benches on Facebook? Bench removal “mean-spirited” Chainsaw carvers shouldn’t be criticized for totem pole bench How we light our Town is aContinue Reading

Council fumbles LED street lights again, residents surveyed

2021-09-20
On: September 20, 2021

Qualicum Beach Council and the Town’s CAO Daniel Sailland have let the LED streetlight issue slide back into farce territory. One step ahead, then twoContinue Reading

Town to hire lighting engineer to fix Weir’s LED mess

2021-06-07
On: June 7, 2021

It’s been four months since we first reported on community criticism of the Town’s initial rollout of LED street lighting in Qualicum Beach’s residential neighbourhoods.Continue Reading

LETTERS: LED street lighting runaround

2021-05-19
On: May 19, 2021

As we reported in our April 28, 2021 Letters section, Council and residents are awaiting further information from Town engineer Bob Weir about how heContinue Reading

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