By DIANNE ANDREWS Many women of contemporary society enjoy manicures; I prefer manure. As a rule, most people are afraid of our local garter snakes. I love them! Composting has

  By NICK LONGO

Lately I’ve been musing about creating my own song(s). So now I’m on a quest to find out how to proceed writing a song.

CVRD - Area H By MARY MARCOTTE Regional Agricultural Plan: In July 2006, the CVRD passed a resolution to undertake an Area Agricultural Plan. An application for partial funding was submitted

CVRD - Area G By MEL DOREY The CVRD held a Saltair Water meeting in Saltair on Feb 2 to discuss the waterline break problems we are having this year.

They ate the holly! It was mid February, my wife looked out the window and screamed. “They’ve eaten half the holly tree.” They being the deer, the same deer that

By ROB JOHNSON Christmas can be a depressing time for those without the means to celebrate the joy of the season and to be able to supply gifts and

Teeming With Life: Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” - Loran Eisely, The Immense Journey, 1957 What

By KIT WILMOT When you pass the 7-Eleven on the Island Highway in Ladysmith, you may not realize that you’ve passed a block that was once teeming with history

By ROB PINKERTON Our friend David has a place in the tiny hill town of El Divisidero, on the west coast of Mexico. After dinner one night, the long