by Barry Mathias – Set amid the beautiful Southern Gulf Islands, Mayne Island is a vibrant community with an interesting history. Named after Lieutenant Richard Charles Mayne who served on the survey ship H.M.S.Plumper in the 1850s, the Island had been inhabited for more than 5,000 years by the Cowichan and Coast Salish peoples, […]
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by Chris Cowland, Cowland & Associates – For those of you who have not yet filed your tax return, here are a few tips you might find useful: FILE ON TIME! Don’t file late. Even if you are missing some information, file your best estimate – you can amend later. 2015 deadline is May 2,
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by Julian Sale, Motorize Auto Direct – With every passing day, engineers in Canada, Germany, Korea, America, Japan, Mexico, and India are developing and implementing new ideas to pollute less and recycle more. We’re not just talking about emissions from the tailpipes: we’re talking about using recycled products to build cars, and using less fossil
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by Gillian Crowley – Kat Eggleston at Deep Cove Folk Concert Kat Eggleston has inspired audiences all over the world with her strong, clear voice and fingerstyle guitar technique, her interpretation of traditional music and her own original songs. She has collaborated onstage and in recordings with a variety of musicians over the years, including
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by Trysh Ashby-Rolls – Kim Goldberg left school at age 15 “to let the world be teacher.” What the world taught the Nanaimo writer in that “psychedelic, strobe-lit era of free-love” on the Oregon coast led her to keep a secret for the next 40 years. Experimenting with drugs using shared needles is the most
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