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The Race is on… Isn’t it?

In CITY FINANCE, CITY GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY CALENDAR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL ISSUES on February 28, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Ron Bolin, Feb. 28, 2010

We know the field.  Now we need to know the candidates and their issues.  Thus far I have seen about 80-125 words per candidate in the Daily News, and about 275 words per candidate in the Bulletin.  In returning to the Daily News this morning to check some info, I couldn’t even find the by-election listed on the front page and a search didn’t find anything either.  I hope that the Bulletin will keep running the by-election banner until it is over.  We will see what more our newspapers do to keep us informed of the candidates and the issues.

I have heard rumours of an all candidates meeting to be held soon, but have not heard any details.  Hopefully, with only six candidates, there will be adequate time for some debate on the issues rather than the simple “I am a good person and I am for lower taxes and better services for everyone,” which is the usual fare.  (I do not mean to insult the candidates here.  Given the few seconds that have traditionally been allocated per candidate, that is about all that they can say.)  Read the rest of this entry »

gonanaimo blog has forwarded this notice re: Nanaimo’s Urban Deer

In COMMUNITY CALENDAR on May 25, 2010 at 1:03 pm

The Vancouver Island Animal Defense League is hosting a public forum to discuss non-lethal ways of approaching the issue of Nanaimo’s urban deer. Most of us would agree that the deer are not safe where they are now. Deer are competing for turf with humans and many are being hit by cars. The Nanaimo Animal Control officer says their unit is picking up around 30 dead animals a month, most of them in the Hammond Bay Road area of North Nanaimo.

It may be in the best interests of the deer community itself for some of the males to be sterilized or for animals to be relocated away from neighbourhoods where they have become too numerous. What do you think?

Nanaimo Mayor John Ruttan has said that he is uncomfortable with the idea of killing deer for the sake of convenience and that he will oppose the idea of the province downloading the responsibility to municipalities.

The provincial government may decide to go ahead with a deer cull and we need to discuss humane alternatives. Views expressed at the forum will be forwarded to Nanaimo City Council.

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7 pm on Monday, May 31, 2010

Kin Hut, Departure Bay Beach, Nanaimo

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(To see the exact location online, go to http://maps.google.com/ and enter ”departure bay road, nanaimo, bc” in the search box. The Kin Hut is behind the children’s playground in Kinsman Park.)

Poster pdf: deer poster

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