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I spend a fair bit of time digging through Council reports, budgets, planning documents and local history. This is where I share what I find, take a closer look at issues affecting Cumberland, and offer my own perspective.
Some articles start as discussions on Cumberland Matters, while others come from something interesting I find buried in a report.
These are my own opinions, based on the information available at the time of writing. I'll update articles when significant new information comes to light.
November 13, 2026
Could water from Cumberland's abandoned coal mines help heat and cool future businesses? Researchers are exploring the possibility, but will the economics work?
November 4, 2026
Five shellfish companies allege Cumberland's wastewater contaminated Baynes Sound. Municipal and provincial records reveal years of regulatory violations, abandoned treatment proposals and nearly $22 million in approved infrastructure upgrades.
October 30, 2026
Cumberland once had surgical day care, X-ray services, a laboratory, a pharmacy, dialysis and adult day care at our Health Centre. Some of those services have been lost, while others have been significantly reduced. But what concerns me even more is what happened to our plans for the future.
October 10, 2026
At the corner of Beaufort Avenue and Silecroft Road sits a small piece of Cumberland that I believe is worth protecting. Not developing, not redesigning, and not turning into another capital project. Just protecting.
September 24, 2026
January’s flood did more than badly damage the Hai Gai trail bridge. It pushed Perseverance Creek into a new path across a low-lying landscape containing wetlands, a disc golf course, historic sites and one of Cumberland’s drinking-water wells.
September 20, 2026
Cumberland is gradually assembling two major civic blocks around Dunsmuir Avenue. The latest purchase makes sense as a land acquisition. The bigger question is what we are actually building toward, what we intend to preserve, and how a Village already facing major infrastructure and asset-renewal costs will eventually pay for it.
September 3, 2026
Cumberland is approaching the 5,000-person threshold that could significantly increase the Village’s policing costs. I looked at what that change could mean for local taxes, service levels and why planning for it now matters.
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August 26, 2026
Bevan could broaden Cumberland's tax base, but development also creates infrastructure that future taxpayers have to maintain and replace. I looked at the Village's own fiscal analysis to see how the numbers compare.
July 29, 2026
Courtenay has chosen replacement of the Memorial Outdoor Pool at Lewis Park, and the CVRD is now studying whether the project should be funded regionally. What does this mean for Cumberland?
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