We’ve tabulated all the votes, and here’s our annual “Best of qathet” issue. Discover where the best pizza, cocktail, hiking trail, realtor, soap, or art gallery can be found. We also look back at the history of the Blackberry Festival, celebrate 100 years of golf in the region, bid farewell to Saint Gerard’s church, round up the latest books from local authors for your summer reads, dig into the effects of higher interest rates on the real estate market, introduce some new residents, check out happenings on Texada and Savary Island, and much more. The pages also include qathet region’s most comprehensive calendar of events. Click in the box above to read the July edition via Issuu. Or href=”http://www.prliving.ca/media/pdfs/Issue2207.pdf”>click here to download the PDF version.