Things are often done a little differently on the Gulf Islands. Partly by necessity, partly by inclination, these ...
After over three decades, Peter Walford has parked his mobile practice.
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The legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship doomed to never enter port, has been told and retold since the ...
How an infamous pirate’s luck ran out on Vancouver Island.
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I first became drawn to mead because of my Scandinavian heritage: mead plays an important role in many of the ...
Mead-making: flavour and fun from honey.
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While some of us were out celebrating Valentine’s Day this past February, Eugen Sushko was feverishly drawing at ...
Using the language of architecture to build a life in a new country.
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Colin Garritty has an enviable job. Four days a week, all winter long, he gets paid to ski and snowmobile the ...
Avalanche Canada comes to the Island.
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For decades, the renowned Campbell River surged past the small neighbourhood of Campbellton all but unseen by ...
From its roots to a community in renewal.
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When we think about hunting and gathering, the season we usually think of is fall. For many of us, there’s nothing ...
Local gourmet comfort foods help you settle in for winter.
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My husband and I moved to the Comox Valley four years ago. From the start, we’ve enjoyed navigating our way around ...
An ode to the charms of the secondhand bookstore.
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When I was a kid growing up in the ’70s and ’80s in Montreal, stores were closed on Sundays. Every single store. ...
Go on, take a whole day off. We used to do it once every week.
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Laurie is a “late in life” painter who moved to the Comox Valley after retiring in 2015 from a busy career as a ...
