Things are tense at the council table in the tiny village of Sayward, B.C. — and not for the first time. It’s left one resident wondering if the council should disband and the municipality disincorporate. CBC reporter Justin McElroy walks us through what this could look like, and if it’s something the people of Sayward even want.
On a cloudy night on northern Vancouver Island, about two dozen people pack into a tiny room in the basement of the Kelsey Recreation Centre.
They’re there for a council meeting for the Village of Sayward.
It’s a community of about 350 people, where the post office, school and health clinic are all on the same block, across the street from the faded strip mall that closed years ago.
Like many B.C. towns settled because of natural resources — it started as a company town for forestry giant MacMillan Bloedel — Sayward, about …
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