The 11th day of this month marks the 10th anniversary of the Attack on New York and Washington DC. I’ve pretty much stopped thinking about 9/11, but for some reason in our culture we’re drawn toward anniversaries. And 10 is a nice round number. To this day I can’t imagine how [...]

The 11th day of this month marks the 10th anniversary of the Attack on New York and Washington DC. I’ve pretty much stopped thinking about 9/11, but for some reason in our culture we’re drawn toward anniversaries. And 10 is a nice round number. To this day I can’t imagine how [...]

Now that summer is in full swing and the tourist season is here as well, I’m sure many of you locals are being reminded of the following scenario – you’re driving to Fulford on the main road, perhaps to catch a ferry and there is a long row of traffic behind a [...]

I just spent an extended weekend in Tofino, and I have to say every time I pass through another small BC town for the first time, I can’t help but make comparisons with Salt Spring.
Tofino has a population of around 1650, about a sixth the population that we have, but [...]

People power strikes again! It seems we here in Saanich-Gulf Islands woke up from the stupor by voting for progressive change through Elizabeth May, yet somehow the rest of the country fell into a mass stupor. How did that happen? What about that thorough grassroots campaign to alert voters of the [...]

By the time most of you read this, the federal election will have passed, and the most likely outcome is that not much in the political landscape will have changed.  This would include the likelihood that incumbent MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands Gary Lunn was voted in yet again.  I hope I’m wrong.  As [...]