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Council – August 31, 2026
Summer is surely over not when the riverfront fireworks happen, not when the rains fall on the PNE, and not on some strange astronomical even in last September, but when New West Council gets back to work after more than a month off. We had a fairly concise Agenda after a full slate of Delegations […]
Bad Data – yet again
It must be an election year. The right-wing public-services-defunders the Fraser Institute are putting out the same flawed anti-government “comparison report” that they put out last election. And the election before. There is nothing new here, and instead of writing a new post, I should just provide those links to the previous posts from 4 […]
Council – July 13, 2026
The last Council meeting before we take a bit of a summer break had a long agenda, but we got through it fairly quick. The following items were approved On Consent: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Plan – Phase 4 Update This is an update report on the implementation of our CCARP, following a recent […]
Resilience
What a weekend. It featured the entire breadth of emotions, as we learned about the frailty of individuals and the strength of community. I first heard about the fire uptown early on Friday afternoon. I had a meeting at the masjid in Burnaby, so I stopped on the way there to check in with the […]
Council – June 22, 2026 (part 2)
Here is Part 2 of last week’s Council meeting (part 1 is here). Sorry it is so late, but we have a lot happening and I did want to take some time to write this up, as there was a significant amount of… rhetoric… created around these topics in the on-line chatter, and I wanted […]
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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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IWD 2026
Today is International Women’s Day, and it always feel weird to be “Mayorsplaining” the experience of women and girls to the majority of the City who are not cis guys. Especially as I am surrounded by so many smart, strong, and bold women who are leading in New Westminster. So I’ll take this opportunity to […]
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 […]