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Let Them Eat Golf

by Saleem Barnard

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About the show

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.

Latest episodes

  • Pickled

    October 2, 2026 · 21 min

    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…

  • The Commons

    October 1, 2026 · 17 min

    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…

  • The Golf Course

    October 1, 2026 · 18 min

    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…