A recent advertisement in the PQB news caught my attention. The ad was placed by the City of Parksville to notify not-for-profit organizations ("NPOs") of the upcoming deadline to submit applications for property tax exemption for properties...

How much did it cost and where did the money come from? Those were the questions that I asked at a Town Hall meeting on November 17, 2025...

On April 15, 2026 I wrote an article detailing my efforts to determine the purchase price for the Eaglecrest Golf Course and the funding sources. I am still waiting to receive the requested information from the Town. As I wrote in my earlier article, the Town extended the time, by which it must provide the information, to June 5, 2026. If the information arrives by that date, it will be approximately six and a half months after I stood up at a Town Hall meeting ....

Since the April 7 2026 news release announcing the Town's decision to not renew the lease with the school board, multiple further news releases have been issued....

During the recent May 6 2026 council meeting, an updated airport fee bylaw was presented by Mr. Goldfuss, the airport manager, for Council to approve second and third readings. Significant amendments were made from the first reading of the proposed amended bylaw (presented in November 2025) resulting in what appears to be a reduction of current revenues rather than an increase....

That phrase was going through my head recently during my efforts to find out how much the Town spent to purchase the Eaglecrest Golf Course. When will the Town tell us? How much did it cost and where did the money come from? Those ...