A shucking good time!
A trip to Gibsons, BC on Saturday, September 12, provided the opportunity to discover Shuckfest 2015, the 4th annual outdoor festival celebrating food, drink and music. Presented by Smitty’s Oyster…
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September 7 2015 Left Bank Time for Vancouver and B.C. to say ‘refugees welcome here’
Alan Kurdi – shattered hopes.It’s a global story with a very local connection for those of us here in British Columbia.…
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September 7 2015 selected As Above, So Below
Here we view the reconstruction of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s (VAG’s) membrane on Georgia St. It is part of the on-going maintenance we have seen around other parts of the gallery, as well as …
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August 24 2015 Columns Explore Trois-Rivières
From June 28 to July 31, I participated in the Explore program at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières. I studied French in an immersion environment with a no-English rule, where you risk …
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July 6 2015 Columns B.C. government AWOL on just about everything but LNG
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July 6 2015 selected The Ferryman
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June 22 2015 Postcard Explore Quebec and learn French
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