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There’s this is podcast that I’ve been listening to for several years called the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe. It’s a science podcast, talks mostly about science-y stuff, but it’s also about critical thinking, misinformation, and about skepticism as a practice. Even the word “skeptic” itself needs to be defined clearly in polite conversation, because […]
Council – April 27, 2026
Another Monday night special edition! Our Council meeting was a fairly quick one, with significantly more time spent on Public Delegations than the business of the City. The Agenda was actually quite short, but it doesn’t mean it wasn’t consequential. We started by approving the following items On Consent: Appointment of Financial Officer We have […]
Council of Councils
Last weekend, Metro Vancouver held its Council of Councils. This is a the twice-a-year meeting where all members of City Councils from the 21 member municipalities, the representative from Area A, and the Council of the Tsawwassen First Nation are invited to come together to learn about what is happening at Metro Vancouver, and ask […]
Chief Rhonda
Sunday there was a public memorial service for Rhonda Larrabee, and it was incredible to see how the community showed up. Elected folks from all three orders of government (and more than a few former electeds!), leaders form other First Nations, business and social service organizations, institutions from the police to fire to post-secondary education. […]
Council – April 13, 2026
This week was our semi-annual (Biannual? Two times a year?) migration to Queensborough Community Centre for a Council meeting that crosses the gap. We had a fairly short Agenda that started (after a half dozen public delegations) with a Presentation: təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre Project Close-Out Report This report ends the Capital project phase […]
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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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Chief Rhonda
Sunday there was a public memorial service for Rhonda Larrabee, and it was incredible to see how the community showed up. Elected folks from all three orders of government (and more than a few former electeds!), leaders form other First Nations, business and social service organizations, institutions from the police to fire to post-secondary education. […]
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!