Today November 15th The Great Nanaimo Toy Drive launched it's 36th season at Woodgrove Mall. They will be providing gifts, books and games to over 1200 children this year. Once again they are asking Nanaimo to help bring a little happiness to...
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THEME: Current Issue – Crisis management, strategic thinking The City of Nanaimo, like many other cities across BC and the globe, is facing a homelessness crisis. The homeless crisis, especially Discontent City, has divided our community...
Read more As part of our debate format we had to have 5 1 minute speeches prepared to answer one of the 5 themes and questions. So since I have 5 prepared and only said one of them I would like to post them here. Today the first one. THE THEME: Internal...
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As part of the application to attend the Candidates meeting on October 15th at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre all the candidates had to answer 4 questions. The answers for all the candidates are posted on both groups website however...
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Campaigning west coast style means travelling by canoe to Protection Island for a meet some candidates night at Beacon House. I’m thinking this has got to be a first for elections in Nanaimo. We got permission from a Snuneymuxw Council...
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Recently I received an email from John Hankins CEO Mid-Island Business Initiative Website: www.mibi.ca In his letter he attached the document below. I fully support the ideas in this document and look forward to hearing a presentation by Mr...
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We were busy Sunday morning putting up some signs in the south end of our city. Was a nice day for it and then popped in to Leonard Krog’s campaign launch and meet and greet at the south end. As of Saturday the campaign is now in full...
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I was recently asked a question to explain some of my vision statements. Specifically Our City becoming a leader in stewardship of our environment, promoting sustainable agriculture and water shed management. Here is my response. Watershed...
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Prototype Candidate Sign Version 2.1 now online for four days of field testing. Expect a similar sign to appear on a street corner near you on or around September 22 when many of the candidates are going to be putting theirs up as well. Working...
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I’m proud to say that I have been selected as one of 7 Council candidates the NDDLC has chosen to endorse for the upcoming election for Nanaimo City Council. This is an honour that I don’t take lightly. Labour has a strong proud history in our...
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On Thursday night, two events happened in downtown Nanaimo. The first was the Commercial Street Night Market and once again it was a great success. This is a great gathering and I certainly hope that it becomes a permanent one. It is events...
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Sunday Aug 12 I attended the Food Art Fun: Art in the Food Forest event at the south end. This was a great community gathering with lots of booths to buy crafts and foods, from Fry bread to biscotti. I met a number of community organizers and the...
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