The Denman Firestarter: a newspaper you can check
2026-09-06
Denman has a paper again — with an unusual rule: no article publishes until a machine has confirmed its sources load and actually say what we said they say.
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A place to share what you offer and what you need
2026-09-05
My Island gives Denman residents free listings for everyday island life.
The water under Denman
2026-08-20
Provincial mapping shows one bedrock aquifer beneath nearly the entire island — rated High vulnerability, Low productivity. Here's what the Province's own data says, now live on our maps and every lot record.
Understanding our farm-assessment comparison
2026-06-01
Corrected September 10, 2026: our fixed-rate farm-pattern comparison is not a subsidy total, taxes paid, or the amount borne by other owners. See the live model and its limits.
Measuring Denman's buildings against the bylaw — carefully
2026-05-31
We can now measure how close a building sits to its property line and compare it to Land Use Bylaw 186. Here's how it works, what it found, and the lines we're deliberately not crossing.
Correcting our property-tax and building-value estimates
2026-05-31
Corrected September 10, 2026: historical footprint counts and a $320,000 tax-gap claim are retired. A model estimate does not establish missing buildings, unpaid tax or the bill for a particular parcel.
Every lot, one page, every fact sourced
2026-05-31
We've built a public record for every parcel on Denman Island — drawn entirely from public data, with a citation on every fact.
Denman by the Numbers
2026-05-31
A public-data portrait of mapped land parcels, recorded zoning and assessment values, with scoped model comparisons and their limits.
A living record of Denman news
2026-05-31
Thousands of real happenings, compiled from community sources, sorted by date — and growing.