by Sean Percy | Sep 5, 2018 | Community
STRIKE AT BLUBBER BAY: English and Chinese language signs warnings strikebreakers to stay away attest to the cross-cultural solidarity during a strike at Blubber Bay on Texada Island in 1938. Photo from “On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour...
by Sean Percy | May 29, 2018 | Community, Last Word
I had almost given up hope it would happen in my lifetime. But I might just get to dive on a Powell River artificial reef before I’m too old to don a scuba tank. Catalyst Paper, owners of the iconic Hulks, and the Artificial Reef Society of BC (ARSBC) issued a joint...
by Sean Percy | May 2, 2018 | Community, Gardening
For our annual Home Grown issue, we produce a map of local food growers, and publish it in the centre pages of the magazine. This year we’ve gone digital, and produced an interactive map. Click on a farm, and the details pop up. Hopefully, it will inspire you to...
by admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Community, Profiles
“I’m a huge fan. It’s the smoothest, most flavourful hummus I’ve ever tasted,” said Annabelle Tully-Barr enthusiastically as she sampled Mamma Rania’s Syrian Cuisine Hummus at Save-On-Foods. ‘Mamma Rania’ is Rania Chakkl, and the hummus she began selling at the Open...
by Sean Percy | Mar 1, 2018 | Community, Profiles
BY ASHLEY HULL I never anticipated the journey of discovering who I am as a woman to be so simultaneously challenging and fulfilling. From daughter to wife, student to teacher, mother to superwoman, it was easy to define myself based on my relationship to others and...
by Sean Percy | Mar 1, 2018 | Community, Profiles
She isn’t planning a party this month. But if, on St. Patrick’s Day, you head down to McKinney’s Pub and catch her banging on the drums with her dirty blues rock band Royal Jelly, Lindsay Jordan Strayhorn will probably be sporting more than the usual glint in her eye....
