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Neighbours Are Looking After Neighbours: Reader

Editor: (Public comments to government on the Raven Coal mine are available from www.coalwatch.ca. ) Why is it up to citizens to hold both industry and government to environmental and social account?

Does The HST Really ‘Change Everything’ In Alberni-Pacific Rim?

Anger over the HST has BC Liberals in rough shape across the province, with public opinion polls suggesting they will struggle to win or hold onto ridings where the margin in the last election, in 2009, was tight. Alberni-Pacific Rim is not one of those ridings – a decisive NDP win in 2009. Does the HST make the next Alberni-Pacific Rim contest a foregone conclusion?...
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Careless Smokers

By Tim Schewe Traffic Columnist It's that time of year again, sunny and dry with a chance of mindless smokers....
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Tsawalk And Tourism Sustainability

By Estella Charleson Columnist TOFINO — I come from the house of kinquashtacumlth from the Hesquiaht First Nation, which is located on the northernmost fringe of Clayoquot Sound....
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Cyclists Passing On The Right

By Tim Schewe Columnist Something must have struck a nerve lately, as I have received a number of requests to deal with cyclists passing other traffic on the right hand side....
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Diapers, Baby Bottles And Laundry: My New Beat

By Keven Drews We thought the box of Huggies’ Little Snugglers, 84 diapers in all, would last us a week. Well, we thought wrong....
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Talking To The West Coast About Coal

Editor: Hopefully by now you've heard about the petition to make sure if coal comes to Port Alberni, it comes by rail....
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Cyclists Must Yield!

By Tim Schewe Traffic Columnist Here's a new angle on a continual problem, that of other road users failing to yield to emergency vehicles. Most of the time this question is asked about cars and trucks, but this fire department official asks the question about a different subset of traffic, cyclists....
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Continued Debate On Public Showers And Laundry At Ucluelet’s Small Craft Harbour

Editor: In response to Steve Bird, harbour manager: Right! ...
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July Walking The Tsawalk: The Raincoast Education Society

By Charmead Schella Columnist The Raincoast Education Society (RES) has been turning heads and raising awareness of the world around them in unique and inspiring ways for more than a decade....
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