August is packed with festivals and events in the qathet region, from the Blackberry Festival to Sandcastle Days to Pride Week, and much more, and you can learn all about them in this issue. We also look at how rentals and the real estate market go together, introduce you to some new residents and new businesses, check out the building boom in Tla’amin, begin our local government election coverage, and much more. The pages also include qathet region’s most comprehensive calendar of events. Click in the box above to read the August edition via Issuu. Or click here to download the PDF version.