This Monday starts a 5-day convention for the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM). It’s an annual convention that all the municipalities participate in. The theme is Resiliency and Change. “The magnitude of the changes that our province and...
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities had their annual conference this last week. May 30 to June 2. Nanaimo’s attendance at the event was 6 councillors and 1 mayor. This was my first FCM conference and I unsure what I would be able to learn at...
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Recently many on council attended the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities annual meeting https://avicc.ca/. The Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities is a body formed for the purpose of representing in one...
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’Uy’ skweyul snunéymuxw (Good Day Nanaimo) Today starts the International Year of Indigenous Languages. https://en.iyil2019.org/ IYIL2019 will promote indigenous languages in these five key areas 1. Increasing understanding, reconciliation...
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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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