Here’s the news from the Islands Trust: At its first meeting since the local government elections, the Islands Trust Council elected a new Executive Committee. During the Wednesday afternoon session, the nominees answered questions from council members about the skills and values they would bring to the Executive Committee. On Thursday morning, council members chose [...]
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Islands Trust – Gabriola election results: Elected: Sheila Malcolmson: 1162 votes Gisele Rudischer: 825 votes Not Elected: Maggie Mooney: 730 votes Source: Islands Trust elections result page. RDN election results: Elected: Howard Houle – 781 votes Not elected: Jordy Alexander – 573 votes Eric Moeller – 158 votes Source: RDN’s Declaration of Preliminary Results page. [...]
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Hey, look – two Islands Trust candidates have invited Gabriolans to meet them for coffee and a chat. Here’s the schedule: Sheila Malcolmson: Friday, November 4th: Mad Rona’s, 4:30 to 6 pm Saturday, November 5th: Robert’s Place, 2:30 to 4 pm Tuesday, November 8th: Harvest Thyme, 2:30 to 4 pm Saturday, November 12th: Silva Bay, [...]
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A short drive around Gabriola will remind you that we’ve got an election coming up: Eric Moeller has campaign signs here and there, and Jordy Alexander has lots and lots of signs up. (Odd, though, that Jordy didn’t respond when the Flying Shingle asked him for information. I wonder what’s up with that.) Now look [...]
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Here’s the list of people who are running in the fall 2011 election. For the position of RDN rep for Gabriola: Jordy Alexander Howard Houle (website: howardhoule.wordpress.com) Eric Moeller (website: www.gabriola.org/moeller) For the positions of Islands Trust Trustee for Gabriola: Jeremy Baker (Jeremy is no longer running for this position.) Sheila Malcolmson (website: sheila-malcolmson.ca) Maggie [...]
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Last week the Gabriola Sounder reported that the Islands Trust recommends a ban on commercial extraction of groundwater. Now the Dailiy News has a story on this, too: Islands Trust wants province to look at groundwater regulations. I thought you might like to see Sheila Malcolmson’s letter to the province, which seems to be the [...]
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I’ve come across an interesting blog called Reflections on the Water: Conversations about the Salish Sea. Today’s post there is Living on Island Time: Gabriola Islander Sheila Malcolmson. Other content includes interviews with a Coast Salish elder, a fisherman and biologist, a scuba diver, a tug boat captain… oh my.
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Gabriola’s Sheila Malcolmson has an article in the Vancouver Sun today: Islands Trust is real democracy at work. The article mentions that Islanders regularly consider governance, too, voting in several referendums over the past few years. In 1999, Bowen Island voted to incorporate as an island municipality within the Islands Trust. Saltspring Islanders defeated a [...]
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By now you’ve heard that some islanders are fussing about the role the Islands Trust has in local governance. An article in the Bowen Island Undercurrent, Petition questions Islands Trust’s value, has more details. It quotes Gabriola’s Sheila Malcolmson, too. Sheila says, among other things: I’d argue that the environment is at the foundation of [...]
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From the Daily News: Group of residents from small Islands begin petition to demand a provincial review of the Islands Trust. Some Gulf Island residents are collecting signatures to petition for a provincial review of the Islands Trust Act, saying the legislation is outdated and follows a rigid pro-environmental policy. (…) Gabriola Island resident Jeremy [...]
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Here’s a bit from the press release the Islands Trust published today: The Islands Trust has initiated a project to address the issue of food security in the Islands Trust Area and provide public education through a new food security web page. The Islands Trust can support food security by creating policies that deliberately link [...]
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Did you know that the RCMP is thinking of removing staff from some island detachments, and/or amalgamating detachments? I didn’t, but then, I don’t go to Islands Trust meetings; apparently this was discussed at the December Trust Council meeting. The Islands Trust has just published a letter (.pdf here) that Sheila Malcolmson sent to Attorney [...]
You probably heard what BC Ferries’ financial officer Rob Clarke told the Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee last month: BC Ferries blames Islands Trust for high fares. Islands Trust land-use policies are creating a scarcity of developable land, driving real estate prices up, pushing out young people and replacing them with retirees who travel less, said [...]
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