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An example of good governance
Campbell River has approved their new 2025 budget reflecting a 2.89 % Property tax increase.
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Property Taxes 2025 sneak peek
The town has released the condensed version of the 2025 budget reflecting a 9.6% property tax increase on the municipal portion of your tax
Dec 2, 20246 min read


Qualicum Beach + RDN Combined Property Taxes
When you add it all up the combined Town of Qualicum Beach (TQB) and Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) proposed budgets for 2025 will...
Dec 1, 20243 min read


Spot the Difference
In an earlier article, I wrote about three appeals of decisions made under the Tree Protection Bylaw. You may remember one in particular....
Nov 26, 20243 min read


What's Happening at Town Hall
by my count: 23 meetings open to the public, 15 meetings closed to the public and 22 meetings that had both open and closed portions (for my
Nov 4, 20245 min read


Airport Funding Reform
So while current council and staff fail to see any real urgency to address meaningful reform at the airport, it appears many residents
Nov 1, 202412 min read
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