Nanaimo Info Blog

Where Is This Open & Transparent Council? New Council Just As Secretive As Last OneNo Reason For Colliery Dams Decision To Be SecretIt seems like only last year when all … Read More

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When Clocks Go Back In 2012 Clocks Go Back Nov. 4, 2012 at 2:00 amIf you are like me, you are still expecting to set your clock back sometime near … Read More

When Clocks Go Back In Canada 2009 Turn Back Clocks This Weekend This coming weekend will give you the opportunity to catch up on that hour of sleep you lost … Read More

When Are Taxes NOT Taxes? When They Are Disguised As Fees and SuchA recent article in the Times Colonist indicated that the government of British Columbia was in fact siphoning off … Read More

What’s Wrong With Nanaimo City Hall? $1,500,000.00 For Economic DevelopmentYet Can’t Issue Permit For Food Trucks!!!As if we need another example of business ineptness from city hall, you would think … Read More

What One Billion Dollars Looks Like One Billion Dollars$1,000,000,000.00(Click Photo To Enlarge)The above display was created by artist Michael Marcovici to graphically show exactly what one billion dollars looks like … Read More

What Nanaimo City Council Does? Whatever City Staff Tells Them To Do!City Council recently gave third reading to a Financial Plan approving the spending of $843,932,768 between 2012 and 2016. … Read More

What Is The Probabilty Of A ‘Seismic’ Event Singing The Public Safety SongUsed To Build New AnnexIt is now quoted in the Bulletin that the city claims there is a … Read More

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