By Mick Sweetman, CHLY 101.7 FM Nanaimo, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
“Go Scotty!” shouted a voice from the shore of Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo as Scott Rees finished a 30 km swim across the Georgia Strait on Sunday.
Though he could hear the cheers, Scott Rees couldn’t see who was yelling, as he had just completed the 11-hour open water marathon swim while completely blind.
Continue reading Blind man swims across the Georgia Strait to Nanaimo
The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) have not found any European Green Crabs in Manson’s lagoon, and so far there’ve been no sightings north of Nanaimo.
“We haven’t found any, that’s really good news, but we’ve been very pleased to partner with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). Hopefully, if we ever find them, we’ll be able to trap them out and stop them from harming the valuable habitat here,” explained Helen Hall, Executive Director of FOCI.
Continue reading No European Green Crabs in the Discovery Islands, yet
By Brishti Basu, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The first few breast cancer and prostate cancer patients started travelling from their homes in British Columbia to receive radiation therapy at two clinics in Bellingham, Washinton, this spring. They are part of a provincial government response to a growing backlog of cancer treatment. The province announced its plan to send patients to Washington state for cancer care last month.
Continue reading Does Cancer Care in Washington Work for BC Residents?
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
BC composer Wylie Ferguson showcased a new composition with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) this spring.
Ferguson’s nearly six minute piece is titled “Broken Earth” and the VSO played his composition on May 30. The 30-year-old composer is very pleased with how it turned out; he describes the composition as “monster music, like something out of a Godzilla movie.” He adds that most of his works lean towards the “dark side.”
Continue reading BC composer has piece debut with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra after mentorship
Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A blackened column carved with children’s faces, representing lives lost at Indian residential schools, has been created by acclaimed Kwakwuitl carver Stanley Hunt.
The pole will soon travel through Vancouver Island, beginning June 16, making its way to the installation place in Vancouver on Indigenous People’s Day, June 21.
Continue reading Residential school memorial pole will make stops on Vancouver Island before installation in Vancouver
