Know what your council decided, without sitting through the meeting.
Every council and committee meeting, turned into a short, plain-language newsletter and a two-host podcast. What was discussed, what was decided, and what comes next.
Unofficial. Non-partisan. Plain language.
Steep slopes permit area, council pay adopted, free voting-day transit
At a glance
- Steep slopes: third reading for a new development permit area covering most slopes of 30% or more.
- Council pay: the bylaw setting the mayor's pay at $125,000 was adopted.
- Voting day: transit will be free on provincial general voting day, October 24.
Key decisions
AdoptedCouncil pay bylaw
Three readingsSteep slopes development permit area
AdoptedGaribaldi Estates zoning bylaws
How it works
A public meeting
Council and its committees meet in public, and the municipality posts the video.
A careful summary
AI helps draft a plain-language summary, and every decision, vote and name is checked against what was said.
A human review
An editor reads and approves every newsletter and podcast script before anything goes out.
Your inbox and earbuds
Read it as a newsletter, or listen to it as a podcast on your commute.
Every issue and episode links back to the official meeting video, so you can check it yourself.
The newsletter
One email per meeting: the key decisions, recorded votes, what was discussed, public input and what comes next. Most take five to ten minutes to read.
The podcast
Two hosts talk through each meeting in plain language. Episodes run as long as the meeting needs, usually five to fifteen minutes.
Following up
When council asks for a report or schedules a decision, we keep track and tell you what happened when it comes back.
Our standards
Human-checked
A person checks every issue and episode.
No invented quotes
If we quote someone, they said it in the meeting.
Corrections shown openly
When we get something wrong, we fix it and say so.
AI-assisted, human-reviewed
We use AI to help draft, and a human reviews everything before it publishes.
Unofficial and non-partisan
We summarize what was said. We don't editorialize or endorse.
Context, not verdicts
When a figure is cited, we add context from public sources. We never label anyone right or wrong.
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