Articles by Sam Austin

March 2, 2017 – Last night Harbour East Community Council met. The two main items on the agenda was a proposal from Innova Corp and Clearwater Seafoods to rezone their properties, 1 Research Drive and 101 […]

February 22, 2017 – Today’s meeting was remarkably short. We resumed our debate of the ever popular $42 Stormwater Right of Way (ROW) tax. The stormwater ROW tax originated from a 2013 URB decision that […]

February 7, 2017 Wifi: Council passed public wifi 9-8. I voted against the proposal. My main reason is that the geographic coverage was originally much larger and the areas it was reduced down to already […]

January 25, 2017 – This morning’s Committee of the Whole on budget saw several departments present to council, including transit. Lots of great comments and questions from my colleagues. The budget is very tight so I’m […]