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May-June 2019 Focus for web.pdf
4 BEHIND THE CURTAINS AT CITY HALL
The demise of the Humboldt “Innovation Tree” leads a citizen to investigate the City’s decision-making.
Leslie Campbell
12 SHOAL POINT’S TROUBLED WATER
If a BC Supreme Court finding is correct, Victorians need to demand assurances from the City of Victoria about the safety of its water.
David Broadland
14 IS VICTORIA’S NEW BRIDGE TSUNAMI-PROOF?
Probably not, according to a 2013 AECOM study that was available to bridge engineers as they designed the structure’s main pier.
David Broadland
16 UPDATE ON THE MAYORS’ MISSING EMAILS
They’ve been found—all 271 of them.
David Broadland
Is recycling enough, or should we ban some plastics completely?
Ross Crockford
22 HOUSING SECURITY ELUSIVE FOR VICTORIA RENTERS
Changes are happening, but renters and their advocates are demanding further protection.
Judith Lavoie
LNG Canada’s lobbying wins $6-plus billion payout.
Russ Francis
A forestry conference invited Forestry Minister Doug Donaldson to give a keynote address. He talked and ran.
Briony Penn
28 GOING BACKWARDS IN COWICHAN BAY
How is a metals manufacturing plant in the midst of a fish-bearing estuary even possible?
Stephen Hume
34 DRUG INSIGHTS FROM A WHISTLEBLOWER
Are broken bones “hiding in plain sight” of heartburn meds?
Alan Cassels
36 HASHIM HANNOON’S “CITY LIFE”
The artist, an immigrant from Iraq, proves the creative spirit can rise above the brutal ugliness of war.
Kate Cino
The Bateman Foundation’s new vision comes into focus.
Maleea Acker
50 AARON SCOONES IS HEARING THINGS
A Victoria vocalist brings his stylings to the spotlight at JazzFest.
Mollie Kaye
54 A NEW THEATRE COMPANY IS BORN
Hapax Theatre has ambitions for a long life in Victoria.
Monica Prendergast
Do those of us who behave immodestly do so because we resent our mortality?
Gene Miller
A molting elephant seal on Gonzales Beach offered lessons in nature and an occasion for friendship.
Maleea Acker
62 THIS IS THE SEASON
It is in our gardens that wisdom and humility are nurtured.
Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
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