The podcast
What Qualicum Beach Council said no to, and what it said yes to, told from the Town’s own records: minutes, agendas, staff reports and meeting video. The narrator’s voice is AI; every source is linked in the show notes. Independent, and not paid for, sponsored or authorized by any candidate, party or campaign.
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Episodes
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The Commons
In April 2026, the Town gave the tenants of Qualicum Commons, home to two daycares and a school for autistic and neurodivergent students, three months to leave. How it got there, mostly behind closed doors, and what happens when the lease runs out in June 2027. Built from Town records, meeting video and published reporting.
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The Golf Course
Qualicum Beach agreed to pay $8.5 million for the Eaglecrest Golf Course in 2025. The project budget is now $21.2 million, and it counts on land sales that haven’t happened yet. What Council and the public said about the return, the risks, the clubhouse, the speed and the other golf course in town, from the Town’s own meeting video and records.
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Pickled
In April 2023 Qualicum Beach Council promised land and half of $170,000 for four pickleball courts, if the club raised the other half. Three and a half years, four sites and one golf course later, nothing is built. What Council, the club and the tennis club said along the way, from the Town’s own meeting video and records.
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