Colin Haime
John Macnab Born December 25, 1954 Passed away May 2, 2024 Denise and I spent the weekend in Nelson, BC where we attended a Celebration of Life for John. I had never met John or his immediate family but his passing has left a hole in my heart. The surreal part was that John and I were brothers. Half siblings but brothers none the less. On January 22, 2024 my cousin Donna Hicks Biggs received…
Let’s jump to the events of April 9, 2015 and the aftermath. In April 2015 two Lantzville councillors (Jennifer Millbank & Rod Negrave) called for a special meeting of Council to be held April 9, 2015. 2 items were on the agenda. In municipal government the council’s appoint an individual to represent municipal interest on the local regional district board. While it is often the Mayor of the community, which in 2015 was myself, it…
April 9th, 2015 was an interesting day for me and others. I was on the Lantzville Council at the time. Other council members included Denise Haime, John Coulson, Jennifer Millbank, Dave Scott, Graham Savage, and Rod Negrave. We had all been elected as part of the November 15, 2014 election. I should have realized right from the start the possibility that some people in this group had no intention of working together. As I had…
Politics seems to always on peoples minds now. What the various governments and their opposition is up to fills each nights news headlines. Justin Trudeau this, Pierre Poilievre that. Freeland this and Eby that. Years ago a government that was working well on behalf of the people was quietly working away without a PR machine in action 24/7. The best government was one that was invisible to the public. Now people have become dependant on…
This month I reach the milestone of 60 years. Some good, some bad, some in between. Not sure why I feel the need to share thoughts. Maybe it is some sort of legacy, some sort of therapy, or just a waste of time. I doubt I will have the discipline to add a thought everyday so maybe the name of this website is misleading. Possibly I will build up to 365 thoughts over a longer…
