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Council – October 20, 2025
Monday’s meeting was relatively brief compared to many this term, but it involved some pretty meaty discussions on issues small and large. You can always watch the video here and enjoy the full experience to hear the many points I can’t possible condense here in my regular reporting out. The Agenda started with one item […]
Zombie Bad Data
It’s been a while since I saw this kind of comparison, but it is circulating on local social media again, seeming to point back at some politicking by a certain group who obviously know the truth, but have little interest in honest discussion, preferring to ask leading questions instead of seeking seeking answers when they […]
Council – Oct 6, 2025
Another exciting evening at New West Council, We got through all of the agenda, if not the few extra items added during the meeting. We also have a new trend of some Councillors wanting to write a bunch of policy on the fly in the meeting, which means that I don’t necessarily have the exact […]
London Street
If you follow Council (and if you don’t, what are you doing reading this!?) you have probably seen the saga of the London Street bikeway project. Before I report on all of Monday’s Council meeting (who has time to write?) I want to report out on where Council landed on this project and, as always, […]
UBCM 2025
If you follow my social media, you might note I was at UBCM last week. The Union of BC Municipalities is the annual conference/convention for local government leaders from across the province, and as you can see here, here, and here, I like to report out on events I attend on behalf of the City, […]
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Caveat lector
This is a blog. A dying media, but indulge me. I this in 2010 when blogging was something people did. I started writing about things going on in New Westminster and my volunteer work with the New West Environmental Partners under the title “GreenNewWest”. I then realized this was probably confusing to people because I […]
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Happenings
The spring-summer transition is a busy time, rivaling only September in the calendar challenges in this job. Besides the work, which also ramps up at this time, there are a lot of community events to take part in. It is really hard to report out on it all.
March ’25
March was a busy month, even with a big Spring Break in the middle. here are a few things that kept me busy in March outside of the regular Council schedule:
February ’25
I haven’t done one of these posts in a while. I sometimes write about community events in my Newsletter (you can subscribe here), but event happen faster than I can post about. Here are a few fun things that happened in the community in February!
John
Like many of you, I am saddened by John Horgan only getting 65 years. He filled them with meaning and influence, but it doesn’t seem enough for anyone, never mind someone who put so much into the people around him. He was a man of principle and natural leadership. He brought meaningful change to the […]
This Happened – September
I haven’t done one of these in a while, doing more of these types of community-happenings updates on my newsletter (subscribe here). But I am iterating how I use my communications channels with the community, and as will sound familiar to regular readers (Hi Mom!) I am working on how to keep loving, hopeful and […]