Earlier this week, one of the Quadra Island candidates in the upcoming election spoke of the need for a single political organization that represents the entire island.
This isn’t the first time this concept has been expressed. Two and a half years ago, Regional Director Noba Anderson unveiled a similar vision for Cortes Island.
Continue reading Visions for an island-wide community Association: Quadra and Cortes
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s marvellously symbolic that Nick the humpback whale returns year after year with her offspring to the waters surrounding the Discovery Islands, wedged between B.C.’s remote central coast and Vancouver Island.
She frequents the waters off Cortes Island near Whaletown — once a whaling station and rendering plant set up in 1868 as part of a colonial industry that eradicated humpbacks in the waters off eastern Vancouver Island by the early 20th century.
Continue reading Discovery Islands surfacing as a humpback hot spot
The Connected Coast is a joint communications project undertaken by CityWest and the Strathcona Regional District (SRD). They will bring high speed internet to 90,000 households in remote communities from Haida Gwaii to northern Vancouver Island. As of June 2, they have laid more than 500 of the 3,400 kilometres of the fibre optic cable needed by this project.
Continue reading 500 kilometres of fibre optic cable laidNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ribbons of milky turquoise green water twist and swirl along the coast of the northern Strait of Georgia each year when Pacific herring return to spawn.
A natural wonder that peaks in March, the herring spawn is a herald of spring, eagerly anticipated and celebrated by humans and wildlife alike.
Continue reading Pacific herring spawn spectacle surfaces along West Coast
The libraries in our area are preparing for a strike. Shortly after BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU), which represents the librarians, issued a 72-hour strike notice last Wednesday, the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) made a new offer to its librarians. This was rejected and the union responded with a counteroffer.
Their collective agreement with the VIRL expired 15 months ago.
BCGEU President Stephanie Smith said, “Unless the employer comes back with a serious offer, pickets will be up at VIRL branches starting Wednesday, March 9.”
Continue reading Library strike could start Wednesday
