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Regional District CAO responds to developer’s lawsuit
Comox Valley Regional District Chief Administrative Officers Russell Dyson issued a statement today, Dec. 27, in response to a petition by 3L Developments Inc. to Supreme Court of British Columbia
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City CAO David Allen focuses on sustainable asset management
Courtenay Chief Administration Officer David Allen was part of a small group in 2008 that developed this system for managing public assets that provides for service and financial sustainability. It is now used by almost every municipality in British Columbia.
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41% of voters cast ballots as of this morning
As of 8.20 a.m. Wednesday morning, 34.2 percent of registered voters in British Columbia had returned ballots in the referendum on electoral reform.
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Wells elected CVRD chair, Hamir vice-chair
Newly-elected Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells has been elected to chair the Comox Valley Regional District board. Arzeena Hamir was elected as vice-chair.
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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
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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.
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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
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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...
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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
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