Ben speaks at a non-partisan event supporting the inclusion of Green Party leader Elizabeth May in the leaders’ debate during the 2011 federal election. Victoria, 11 April 2011
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Posted by Ben on April 11, 2011
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- Editorial: Remove veil from public land sales
- Victoria forum on sale of public lands draws interest
- CFAX 1070 interview: City-owned land
- Isitt right to question Glenlyon tax status
- Victoria neighbours prompt city to reopen Chandler-Gonzales pathway
- Roundabout revisited for key crossing
- Debate delayed as councillor reined in by mayor
- Naming rights decision for City postponed
- Tax break for Glenlyon Norfolk school sparks opposition
- CRD complains about power outages at its headquarters building
- CFUV Radio: Selling City Land
- City of Victoria to consider selling Harbour Road lands
- Victoria council to consider sale of industrial waterfront properties in Vic West
- April
- Victoria families being reno-victed
- Day of Mourning event set for Centennial Square
- Victoria council asks developer to reconsider evictions
- CTV News: Quadra Villa tenants face eviction
- Tenants in Victoria apartment complex to be evicted for renovations
- Victoria residents see 3.25% tax hike
- No kitchen scraps in landfill by 2015
- CBC radio interview: Johnson Street Bridge design questions
- March
- Are street people treated unfairly? Businessman, politician differ
- Victoria's tax increase shrinks, thanks to council cuts
- CFAX radio interview: Regulatory approach to cannabis control
- Council unanimously passes motion to support regulatory approach to cannabis control
- Victoria begins tendering process for bridge project
- Victoria council deems pot good, pipelines bad
- Victoria approves $15.8 million increase to Johnson Street Bridge project
- CTV News: Council to decide fate of Johnson Street Bridge
- Battle lines being drawn over bridge design
- CFAX Radio interview: Johnson Street Bridge cost overruns
- Chek TV News: Bridge Cost Rises
- Ombudsman suggested to ease councillors' load
- CBC Radio interview: Municipal Ombudsperson
- Victoria eyes cuts to parks, paths and bike plans to lower tax hit
- 2011 slow year in Victoria for new housing
- Saanich and Victoria look to create new 'midtown' region on Douglas
- Victoria, Saanich councils consider interim improvements to transit; LRT for long term
- February
- Vic Councillor to promote “Midtown” at joint council meeting
- CFAX radio interview: Midtown Master Plan
- Beacon Hill Park roads could close in trial run
- Half of municipal reps on PCC board resign over land sale strategy
- Two more appointees resign from PCC board
- PCC board member quits over land sales
- Negotiations for Victoria baseball team proceed
- Johnson Street Bridge to continue as planned
- Victoria approves ban on feeding pests
- Blue Bridge replacement won't be redesigned to allow for rail
- New councillor wants to reopen Johnson Street Bridge design debate
- Baseball team’s use of park questioned
- Private estate owner eyes Victoria's lampposts
- CFAX interview: Rethinking Garbage and the Royal Athletic Park
- Curbside trash pickup put on hold
- Victoria postpones vote on Garbage pickup
- CBC Radio interview: Rail-capable Johnson Street Bridge
- City urged to look again at rail option for Johnson Street Bridge
- Victoria leans toward curbside waste pickup
- Limited transparency
- CFAX interview: Garbage, kitchen scraps and opening up City Hall
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- CTV News report on Victoria mutiny commemoration
- Radio-Canada television report on mutiny (francaise)
- Victoria mutiny of 1918 revived in call for justice
- Radio interviews on Victoria mutiny commemoration
- Group calls for pardon of francophone soldiers who resisted conscription
- CBC radio On the Island interview on mutiny
- Memory of mutineers honoured at downtown gathering
- Bridge relocation triggers Northern Junk debate
- Councillors in favour of open house on strategy
- Path shut for more than three decades may be reopened
- Planned development at foot of Johnson Street Bridge on hold
- Downtown gateway development concept fails to win enthusiastic Council support
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