Call to reopen Public Hearing into Todsen development application
2022-05-20
May 20, 2022 – In a previous article, Kevin Monahan raised concerns about the Town’s attempt to eliminate, as a mere “housekeeping” task, one ofContinue Reading
LETTERS: Town benches – Falsely-framed warring camps
2021-08-31
Why is the Town removing our benches? Dear Editor, This is a list of benches that I have noticed on my walks around Qualicum BeachContinue Reading
LETTERS: Strange war on trees in QB
2021-08-03
What defines Qualicum Beach, the strange wars on trees? In Qualicum Beach, if all our neighbours did what mine are doing today — chopping downContinue Reading
LETTERS: Arguments against the Todsen application
2021-07-05
In February 2021 QB resident Susan Lloyd submitted the following letter to the first Public Hearing of the Todsen / Happach OCP and Zoning amendmentsContinue Reading
LETTERS: kudos, concerns and complaints
2021-03-04
The following letters are in response to our article Losing our edge? Time for a doughnut?: Dear Editor: Well written article about our changing Town.Continue Reading
Todsen proposal creeping closer to D-Day
2021-02-04
On February 10, 2021, QB Town Council will convene a Public Hearing that will likely be looked back upon as a watershed moment in theContinue Reading
Letters: Objections to clear-cutting residential lots, Todsen subdivision, birds
2021-01-23
In regards to escalating clear-cutting of trees on residential and Town land January 20, 2021 Dear Mayor and Councillors – I am writing on behalfContinue Reading
Council disregarding East Village concept
2021-01-09
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
Time for a community discussion about housing
2020-10-17
Plenty of pundits in and around Qualicum Beach have expressed a need — usually imprecisely defined, if at all, and seldom backed up by current,Continue Reading
Letters: Council urged to stop playing favourites, protect OCP
2020-10-01
Susan Blacklin writes in response to a letter published in a recent issue of Second Opinion QB and the subdivision proposed by Rick and LindaContinue Reading