Category Archives: Local Goodness
My walk on the beach yesterday
We’ve had the most incredible weather this week. Sunny, hot, not a cloud in sight. Normally this would be cause for some concern on my part and I’d be hiding in the dark, cursing the sun, but since this wackiness with my back, hot weather has been a great help. Being in Vancouver, there’s never [...]
Gormenghast, anyone?
• READ: Baby white raven spotted on Vancouver Island White Ravens are rare all over the world except in and around Qualicum Beach. There’s no documented history on these White Ravens, but they’ve been in the area for years. Golfers from nearby Morningstar Golf Course have been reporting White Ravens for over a decade. One [...]
Vancouver’s Big W is back
I miss the W. It seems like it was gone forever and the skyline looked weird without it. It still looks sort of weird. I remember when we first came to Canada and moved into our own place. From my bedroom window, the Big W was a huge part of that skyline, blinking out red [...]











Visual effects Emmy nominations show B.C. is a ‘sci-ficapital’