Winter storms mean flood risk along the Oyster
Residents along stretches of the Oyster River are being warned about flooding risk from this winter’s storms
Vaccine available for the virus headed our way
Vancouver Island health care professionals say a serious virus will hit the Comox Valley in a few weeks that will threaten the lives of those most vulnerable. Fortunately, they have a vaccine.
The growing pains of updating BC’s water law
Watershed Sentinel writer Gavin MacRae examines how well the new Water Sustainability Act is working in the context of a water bottling controversy in Merville
New Zealander answers three No ProRep arguments
A former Comox Valley resident who now lives in New Zealand, which uses the mixed-member version of proportional representation, answers three common arguments against voting in favor of electoral reform in BC
Long-term wastewater planning underway at CVRD
Critical long-term wastewater infrastructure questions are being asked at the CVRD, among them: Should sewer pipes come out of the K’omoks Estuary? What level of treatment do we want, and how will we meet the long-term growth of the Comox Valley? And, should we be planning to recover our wastewater resource?
Help! Recruiters Needed for Pro Rep Vote
Chris Hilliar writes about ‘relational voting,’ which he learns is a simple concept – friends talking to friends. And without the individual’s participation democracy unravels.
The Comox Valley has a wood stove problem
No wood stove would pass a basic vehicle emissions test, yet the Comox Valley allows them to burn day and night, for weeks and months, with almost no regulation, polluting our air and posing serious public health risks
ProRep boosts diversity, youth vote
PR helps young people feel invested in politics Editor’s note: Katie Betanzo was raised in the Comox Valley and New Zealand. She’s a former editor of The Breezeway, the now defunct award-winning student newspaper at G.P. Vanier High School. Betanzo moved to New...
CVRD responds to 3L, racist comment denied
Regional District CAO Russell Dyson says a Human Rights Tribunal settlement agreement entered into by the CVRD and Kabel Atwall includes a clause that Area C Director Edwin Grieve did not make any racist comments
Readers write about electoral reform in BC
Will British Columbians embrace electoral reform? Comox Valley residents have already started voting in the referendum that ends on Nov. 30. Readers of Decafnation have been sending us their thoughts on electoral reform. Here are three of them ….
The Lows and Highs of Grassroots Initiatives
Will those of you who support Pro Rep, but have had other challenges on your plate, now join our grassroots effort to reach even more people about proportional representation? Come help us cross the finish line with arms held high in the air.
The Death of Governing Whiplash
Imagine, if you will, elected officials from one party cooperating with the elected officials of another party in order to develop long-lasting legislative priorities that stand the test of time.