Climate change – resilience or resistance?
2022-09-02
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
Town halts planning for public square at former Bus Garage site
2022-06-30
June 30, 2022 – In two previous articles, we reviewed progress (using that term loosely) on development of the property owned by the Town ofContinue Reading
BREAKERS: Town Planner’s credibility questioned – QB’s Joanie Appleseed of childrens’ books – PQB News fails to disclose Todsen supporter identity
2022-05-01
May 01, 2022 Media Watch – Supporter’s relationship to Todsens not disclosed in PQB News story QB’s Joanie Appleseed of children’s books creates A WonderfulContinue Reading
Naked Naturals – tangled web spun by Town staff, next move Council Nov 17
2021-11-16
The Town’s Advisory Planning Commission (APC) met to review the Naked Naturals proposal on September 15, 2021. While generally supportive of the concept, the APCContinue Reading
LETTERS: Turning QB into Calgary? – Naked Naturals design concerns – Encroachment on Town land – Business steps up for benches – Eaglecrest roundabout delays
2021-09-20
Turning Qualicum Beach into Calgary? It seems that Mayne from Toronto and Wiess from Calgary are trying to remake district 69 into the big citiesContinue Reading
BREAKERS: BC Ombudsperson cites Town misconduct – Turf field conflict of interest – Mayor threatens chainsaws over tree by-law
2021-08-31
QB Deputy CAO Svensen cited for misconduct by BC Ombudsperson Grant application for $5M turf field reveals undisclosed conflict of interest Mayor threatens chainsaws willContinue Reading
Why is the Todsen proposal still lumbering along?
2021-07-05
Why is the Todsen development proposal still undecided, one year after it came to Council for first reading (after many years of preamble and set-up)?Continue Reading
Town’s myths & misinformation about Nenzel Road
2021-07-05
The breadth and depth of information still missing from the Beach Creek Cottage Court application, plus the disinformation that continues to be pumped out byContinue Reading
BREAKERS: Mail-in ballot info missing – Clearcutting our park? – Holy COW FOI – Nenzel Rd cottages flim-flam + Election violation
2021-04-28
BREAKING NEWS – Chamber of Commerce Executive Director supports Sarah Duncan in QB by-election Important Mail-in ballot information is missing from Town and newspaper publicationsContinue Reading
Pheasant Glen hearing unearths more uncertainties
2021-04-14
In a previous article, we questioned the unseemly haste by Council to push through approval of what we characterized as a half-baked proposal from theContinue Reading