Forum: Politics - Municipal, Provincial, Federal

What BS. These Pandas get the royal treatment. While some of our seniors have to line up for food at the food bank. Where's our government's head at? Oh, I know, trying to suck us all in that China is a great thing. And China is trying to do the same. Blah............ It's all manipulation. :p ...

Read in the newspaper there are now 2 Investor Groups interested in building a hotel next to the Conference Centre. Long time prospecting but I think this would be a big plus for Nanaimo. With the Conference Centre, a hotel joining to it along with it joining to the Casino with a covered...

I have been asked to set up and advertise an event which will bring lawyer Doug Christie to Nanaimo on March 29th 2010. He will speak on 3 main topics at this event, #1 Free speech in general #2 The Western Block Party #3 The shooting of Nanaimo resident Jeff Hughes by a Nanaimo police officer....

B.C. taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars after a U.S. judge’s ruling that found massive market manipulation in the California electricity market in 2000... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/02/20/bc-hydro-powerex-ruling.html

Let's face it. Twitter was created for our elected officials to make asses of themselves. lol OTTAWA - An NDP MP with a history of Twitter outrage and shooting from the lip is leaving the Twitterverse after another profanity-laced thumb tirade. Pat Martin -- who is also the subject of a $5...

Could someone please post the url for the City"s list of suppliers, and the amounts paid to each of them?/SIZE]

Sasha Angus replaces Susan Cudahy as CEO of Nanaimo Economic Development Corp. Sasha Angus left Alberta a few years back in a bit of a rush. Quote CBC: Alberta's Finance Department has confirmed an aide to a former MLA has paid back $29,000 in personal expenses he charged to a government...

Their is an application in to rezone, the Harewood Mall for a Liquor outlet. This mall is within 300meters of a school yard, it is home to a 24hr 7-eleven store, it is occupied at all times by the younger generation, and has been the sight of many illegal, and harmful activities. The mall has...

First of all, a disclaimer: I am NOT a Muammar Gadhafi supporter. I just thought I would put this out here for others to have a look at and decide for themselves. I found this information on the web while I was having my java and toast this morning. I won't try to verify this right now (no...

I am interested to hear other people's opinions on the quite evident sex trade that is blossoming on our streets. I've noticed it's much more out in the open than it ever use to be. The definition of prostitution is even debatable. Prostitution is the exchange of sexual favours for money or...

Today I found out about two separate issues of two young kids that were disputing traffic tickets and were approached by the ticket issuing RCMP officer in the couthouse prior to the hearing. The RCMP officer misled and coerced both kids. Out of trust and respect for police both of these kids...

Thought I would start a thread on the activities of councillors. If you have been to a neighbourhood meeting where a member of council attended, I thought it may be interesting if it was reported here along with any general statements or direction taken by those councillors.

I noticed that there is a poll set up to vote on who you think will win the election for Mayor of Nanaimo in the upcoming municipal election. The poll is here. I think it will be interesting to see who is tops in popularity for Mayor of Nanaimo. :confused:

Nominations for Nanaimo Mayor & Councillors closed today. See this news story for a list: http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=468fa37a-a383-41b8-8fe0-06b055c04b3a

Noticed that several members of the forum were referring to the Nanaimo Professional Firefighters' Union on the thread, "McKinnon / Cable Bay violate new rules", so thought that I would start this new thread. I posted some info about Local 905 IAFF, Nanaimo on January 10th. It appears to me...

Vancouver Island University's Young New Democrats are hosting a round table discussion about social housing and other local issues with Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog. This is a public event for students and community members interested in local politics, so regardless of your political persuasion come...

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE! Originally posted here as Yaaay

So, are you for or against this new holiday? I am against it. Because the only people who are able to take these holidays are government and government workers. And school teachers, liquor store employees and alike, a paid holiday, of course! The rest of us (the self-employed, retail and...

“UBC student uses YouTube to skewer HST opponents”, Vancouver Sun, May 25, 2011 Here’s the link to the above-mentioned article, which includes a video called "FightFightHST - A Letter to Bill Vander Zalm", in which Chris Thompson shows how the Fight HST organization has been, (and is),...

The following online report from the Financial Post about our immigration system is a must read!! “CANADA: WORST IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN THE WORLD”, Diane Francis, Financial Post, Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “A recent study by two academics states the obvious: Immigration should fluctuate with...