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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 and the tennis club said along the way, from the Town’s own meeting video and records.

Narration is AI-generated (ElevenLabs). The script was drafted with AI tools from public records and checked against each document.

Chapters

• 0:00 Cold open
• 2:25 Act 1: Half
• 5:28 Act 2: Why half?
• 8:15 Act 3: The Town's half
• 9:59 Act 4: The estimate
• 15:10 Act 5: A fourth site
• 18:03 Where it stands
• 20:07 Close

Full transcript and every source: https://letthemeatgolf.ca/podcast/pickleball-courts/

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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, the clubhouse, the speed and the other golf course in town, from the Town’s own meeting video and records.

Narration is AI-generated (ElevenLabs). The script was drafted with AI tools from public records and checked against each document.

Chapters

• 0:00 Cold open
• 2:22 Act 1: The price
• 3:20 Act 2: Paying for it
• 6:26 Act 3: Fast
• 8:40 Act 4: The clubhouse
• 10:36 Act 5: The other golf course
• 12:56 Act 6: The gap
• 15:48 What we still don't know
• 16:47 Close

Full transcript and every source: https://letthemeatgolf.ca/podcast/eaglecrest-golf-course/

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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 runs out in June 2027. Built from Town records, meeting video and published reporting.

Narration is AI-generated (ElevenLabs). The script was drafted with AI tools from public records and checked against each document.

Chapters

• 0:00 Cold open
• 1:54 Act 1: The building
• 2:38 Act 2: A year of due diligence
• 7:51 Act 3: Three months' notice
• 11:10 Act 4: The sublease
• 14:14 Act 5: The campaign
• 15:24 What we still don't know
• 16:00 Close

Full transcript and every source: https://letthemeatgolf.ca/podcast/qualicum-commons/

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