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Did You Know … Week of February 16, 2019

Feb 16, 2019 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week Locally Comox Valley - The last meet-and-greet with NIPR candidate nominees DATE/TIME: Wednesday, February 20, 6pmLOCATION: Room B, Comox Recreation Centre Go to NIPR’s website and read about the nominees. (On the homepage, just...

Did You Know … Week of February 10, 2019

Feb 9, 2019 | 1 Comment

Must Reads from Last Week Locally Powell River - Meet-and-greet with NIPR candidate nominees DATE/TIME: Sunday, February 10, 2 pmLOCATION: Powell River Library Go to NIPR’s website and read about the nominees. (On the homepage, just scroll down a bit.) Also...

Did You Know … Week of February 2, 2019

Feb 2, 2019 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week Locally Powell River - Climate Law in Our Hands: Conversations on local climate action and climate law DATE/TIME: February 8, 2019, 6-9 pmLOCATION: Trinity Hall, United ChurchPotluck: 5:45Public is welcome.Speakers: Andrew Gage,...

Did You Know … Week of January 26, 2019

Jan 26, 2019 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week Locally World Community Film Festival The World Community Film Festival is back again, February 1-2, 2019. This is BC’s longest running social justice documentary film festival, and is presented annually in Courtenay. Global Warming: The...

Did You Know … Week of January 19, 2019

Jan 19, 2019 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week Locally Opportunity to mentor new Valley farmers The New Farmer Mentorship and Loan Program is ready to support more Comox Valley farmers in 2019. This is an opportunity to directly invest in local food security. They are looking for...

Did You Know … Week of January 12, 2019

Jan 12, 2019 | 2 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week Provincially Kwispaa LNG pipeline This blog has previously reported on this proposed pipeline, which would come through Powell River, undersea to Comox, and overland to Sarita Bay near Port Alberni. The Canadian Environmental Assessment...

Did You Know … Week of December 15, 2018

Dec 15, 2018 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week The Must Reads is going into hiatus over the holiday period. The NIPR Greens wish you all a wonderful year end. Get ready for the 2019 election! Locally Greens of North Island-Powell River December 2018 gathering Left to right: Doug...

Did You Know … Week of December 8, 2018

Dec 8, 2018 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week Locally Cumberland council looking to ban water bottling Read more. The November 3, 2018, edition of this blog carried a similar article in which the Strathcona Regional District also took a stand against water bottling, and the July 7,...

Did You Know … Week of December 1, 2018

Dec 1, 2018 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week BC Electoral Reform Referendum Youth reject big media disinformation on PR Referendum Throughout this referendum, “big media has been able to sow considerable confusion, but what has been the effect on the younger generation? According to...

Did You Know… Week of November 24, 2018

Nov 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

Must Reads from Last Week BC Electoral Reform Referendum – OMG! It’s going on longer?? The deadline for getting ballots in has been extended to 4:30 p.m., December 7, 2018, due to rotating mail strikes. Here is the link. More important news from Elections BC: There...