Town unilaterally erases OCP protection of QB’s rural properties
2022-05-01
May 01, 2022 – The following submission was made to the Town of Qualicum Beach on April 27, 2022 for the Public Hearing re 850Continue Reading
BREAKERS: Housing plan deception – Cemetery benches removed – Town plants 47 trees beside Heritage Forest?!
2021-12-20
DECEMBER 20, 2021 Housing plan deception by Town management and Council Benches removed from municipal cemetery Brassmas outdoor concert Tuesday noon Dec 21st downtown QBContinue Reading
BREAKERS: Town managers ignored Council housing directive – RDN denies Oceanside Initiatives funding – Backyard chicken survey cooked – Town conceals grant failure
2021-12-02
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
BREAKERS: Parksville Chamber no-show – QB’s new Indian cuisine restaurant – Developer “concepts” – Small town forestry challenges
2021-09-29
Parksville Chamber of Commerce a no-show at RDN’s Oceanside Services Committee meeting New restaurant featuring Indian cuisine opens in QB Small town forestry challenges: WhyContinue Reading
Costly, confused mashup of economic “strategies” ignores QB’s needs
2021-09-20
As the old refrain goes, “it’s the economy, stupid” — though it must be said that the climate emergency is now an undeniable, universal, existentialContinue Reading
Solving QB’s Housing problem – whose job is it?
2021-08-31
Affordable housing is a frequent topic of conversation, debate and occasional misinformation in our Town. We hear folks claiming that there is a housing crisisContinue Reading
LETTERS: RDN Area G governance
2021-06-18
Future governance and service delivery options for Electoral Area G In our previous issue we reported the discussion about Area G scheduled for the JuneContinue Reading
BREAKERS: Major RDN changes – Beach Creek public hearing – QB takes over French Creek?
2021-06-07
Major changes coming to senior RDN management Does Qualicum Beach want to take over French Creek and Dashwood? Beach Creek Cottages (Nenzel Road) Public HearingContinue Reading
LETTERS: Ravensong upgrade — Weinberg’s — Town selling woodland
2021-03-29
Pool upgrade Faith Robertson responds to our recent article Has the Ravensong Pool upgrade been run up on the rocks? According to the article, theContinue Reading
Has the Ravensong pool upgrade been run up on the rocks?
2021-03-19
Like two ships passing in the night, oblivious to one another, two competing plans for community aquatic services in our District are heading for aContinue Reading