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This week we return to the controversial data centre that is planned for East Wellington Road.
The development permit for the centre was approved by city staff with a water covenant that limits the amount of water the data centre can use.
However, critics of the development aren’t reassured by this and point to a clause that states the city is not legally obligated to enforce it.
The city says this is just standard legal language to reduce its liability.
City staff say the impact of the data centre on the 17 billion-litre reservoir that supplies the city’s water will be "negligible.”
You can read more about this in my story below.
Thank you for reading,
Mick Sweetman
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👉 Snuneymuxw First Nation has unveiled a new name and logo for a development near the Departure Bay ferry terminal. The development will be called “The Village at stlilnup” and feature shops and services operated by Snuneymuxw’s Petroglyph Development Group according to a press release.
👉 The Vancouver Island Mariners volleyball teams are heading to the national championships. The women’s team won gold and the men took home silver at the PacWest volleyball championships in February. The Nanaimo News Bulletin has the story.
👉 Nurses from the United States are making Vancouver Island home as the province continues its recruitment campaign south of the border. One registered nurse is making the move from Anchorage, Alaska to Nanaimo this summer. She is one of 1,028 U.S. nurses who have registered with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives since last April. Nanaimo News Now has the story.
👉 The Regional District of Nanaimo has purchased the former French Creek School site from School District 69 for $1.3 million. The 3.7-hectare land parcel includes the former school building, gym and a field with a playground. My Coast Now has the story.
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📣 The Alternative Approval Process to extend the City of Nanaimo boundary to include Snuneymuxw reserve lands starts on Wednesday, March 11, and run until 4:30 p.m. on April 3. More information about the AAP can be found on the city’s Alternative Approval Process for Municipal Boundary Extension web page.
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In your words | Re: Why Nanaimo city council won’t ban Ben Bankas
It’s disheartening that the show with Ben Bankas was sold out! We need more inclusion, community and caring in our hearts and minds, not division and demeaning dialogue. Couching it in so-called humour is even sadder.
How delightful it would have been to cancel the show, simply because no tickets were sold!! Sadly, this was not the case.
I am grateful that the Port Theatre finally yielded to outside pressure. This should never have happened in the first place!
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.
Eleanor Joy
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