Handmade, Homegrown, 100% Nanaimo: Shop Local This Season
Submitted by Tourism Nanaimo Nanaimo isn’t just a city. It’s a creative powerhouse disguised as a coastal town. Around here, independent shops, makers, artists, bakers, distillers, and full-blown creative wizards are turning everyday items into “where did you get...
Tour the Studios of Gabriola this Thanksgiving
By Emma Wassmer This Thanksgiving weekend, the Gabriola Arts Council invites you to the 29th Annual Thanksgiving Studio Tour! Think bold paintings, wild sculptures, and creations you didn’t even know you needed until you saw them. If it can be dreamed up, chances are...
Pumpkin Time
By Judy Stephan After the long hot summer when the warm days seemed they would never end and the summer flowers are over bloomed and all the summer fruit has been harvested, I realized that Fall was suddenly upon us in mid September on a shopping trip to Superstore. A...
Winter Whale Watching in Victoria: Adventure All Year Round
When the summer crowds thin and the crisp Pacific air settles over the Salish Sea, most people assume whale watching slows down, but in British Columbia, the action never stops. Prince of Whales is one of the only operators open year-round in Victoria, offering...
Once Upon a Visit: Hornby Island
By J. Jill Robinson When I was a little girl, each summer my three older sisters and I travelled from Langley with our mother to Hornby Island, where we stayed at the Lodge, then owned by the Stonehouse family, and now Tribune Bay Provincial Park. We ate meals...
Amazing Salmon – Ecological Heroes
By Judy Wickland While majestic eagles and beautiful orcas capture attention, salmon are equally remarkable. These determined animals undertake a heroic upriver journey. The life cycle of Pacific salmon species—pink, coho, chinook, chum, and sockeye—varies by spawning...