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Nadine Porter05:00, Apr 30 2021 CHRIS SKELTON Residents in a rural Christchurch subdivision are worried about the potential effects of logging from a forestry block above their homes. Residents in a rural Christchurch subdivision fear waterway contamination from sediment runoff and possible flooding if consent to harvest trees in a forestry block behind their homes is granted. Rocklands homeowner Geoff Mavromatis said while the 21 Tai Tapu residents were not against the three landowners felli...

Obituary: Much loved 103-year-old lawn bowler remembered as a fine gentleman 1 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM 3 minutes to read To still be actively involved in sport at that age is outstanding. Last week, the Tauranga South Bowling Club farewelled club stalwart Tom Piercy, who died at home on Monday. Club president Peter Joyce said Piercy was much loved by everyone at the club. "He was a very gentlemanly man, very softly spoken but very popular," Joyce said. "He joined us in about the ye...

Vancouver is a prime laboratory for defeating the ills caused by ‘over-parking.’ Frances Bula 13 Jan 2021 | Sightline Institute Vancouver-based Frances Bula covers urban issues and politics with a focus on housing and homelessness. She writes for the Globe and Mail, BCBusiness and Vancouver magazine. Find her on Twitter @fabulavancouver. SHARES An end to cities where cars have more guarantees of secure housing than people do? Photo via Shutterstock. When Bilia...

In a week when the first COVID-19 vaccinations were administered in Massachusetts to front-line health care workers, there are questions over how the state plans to distribute extra doses of the vaccine to communities of color that have been battered by the pandemic. Framingham and Milford are among those communities, as each has a sizable minority population that is experiencing skyrocketing COVID-19 infection rates. Last week, Gov. Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group announced...