by Danny Zanbilowicz This fall represents a turning point. In October there will be a provincial referendum on whether or not we switch our electoral system from “first past the post” to “proportional representation”. The WORD...
Read Moreby Danny Zanbilowicz The issue right now concerns the two processes for dealing with a proposed amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy- “standard” or “minor”. An amendment is by default considered “standard”, unless it is...
Read MoreEmerging into Lyme Lyme disease is now the most common vector-borne disease in Canada and the USA. Caused by the bacterium Borellia burgdorferi and transmitted by the bite of an Ixodes tick, Lyme disease is increasing rapidly in...
Read MoreInclusive Liberation May 5 is Bevrijdingsdag – Liberation Day – in the Netherlands. The festivities are concentrated here in Wageningen because this is where the Canadian General Charles Foulkes took the German army’s surrender...
Read MoreIt’s not a word the Dutch have much trouble with. “Yes, of course we had colonies and got rich from them.” Most would likely be able to say this without a shudder. Many live in fine houses, some more than a century old, built...
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by Barb Biley For over five years all the events leading up to the opening of the new Comox Valley...
Read Moreby Michael Loevinsohn That’s 130 degrees east of Cumberland, and many meters lower. That’s where I’m writing from: a town called Wageningen in the middle of the Netherlands on one of the branches of the Rhine. A university town,...
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by Vanessa Scott The Comox Valley is lucky to have a range of community groups, associations,...
Read MoreFans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss will delight in a rollicking Christmas romp through a world steeped in tea, as James & Jamesy present their uproarious holiday-themed comedy, O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy,...
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by Danny Zanbilowicz When and how did this become a crisis? “There have always been deaths from...
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by Danny Zanbilowicz The Comox Valley Regional District has been in a power struggle with a...
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by Danny Zanbilowicz The federal government has promised that it will soon legalize marijuana in...
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