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admin on March 9th, 2010

Parksville’s Wood Chipping Program is to get under way April 6 to April 23, 2010 between the hours of 8 am and 2:30 pm.
Only put out branches for pickup on the scheduled day!
Branches with a maximum diameter of 6 inches (15 cm), stacked with the larger end of the branch or trunk facing the roadway;
Piles [...]

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admin on March 3rd, 2010

The Brant Geese are arriving from their non stop flight from Morro Bay, California! Over 3000 air km!
Drop by Parksville Community Park to find out all about Brant geese as they congregate waiting for the amazing spring phenomena of the Pacific herring spawn.  Time to feed up for the next leg of their amazing journey [...]

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admin on March 1st, 2010

You may be lucky to see these Black-bellied Plovers around the Parksville area, they are feeding up for their migration to breeding grounds in Alaska. The male then grows a black front to impress the ladies!  Enjoy your first week of March!

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admin on February 10th, 2010

From February 15 to April 9, 2010 Parksville residents should keep clean drinking water available because there will be the annual Water Main Flushing Program taking place.
Flushing will take place between 7 am and 3.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Questions? call Engineering and Operations Department at 250 248-5412.

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admin on February 2nd, 2010

Parksville needs you!  They need you to be a volunteer firefighter with the Parksville Volunteer Fire Department.
The Parksville Volunteer Fire Department is seeking enthusiastic men and women to become volunteer firefighters. The Department will begin a new recruit group in the Spring and is now accepting applications for volunteer firefighters.
You can pick up an application [...]

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admin on January 20th, 2010

Parksville has moved to a multi tiered billing system for their water rates.  The rates will broken down into residential, strata – residential and commercial.   To calculate your new water rates go to Parksville Water Rates.    In the middle of the page you will find the links to the calculator.
Hard to think of conserving [...]

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Well, I’m sure the Black Brant would reply I’m very tired after a long flight non stop flight from Mexico! The Black Brant fly up from Mexico and usually arrive in the Parksville-Qualicum Beach area in late February although they don’t appear in large numbers until the end of March.  Peak numbers occur about the [...]

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