– by Bill Cooke – The Technology and Advanced Manufacturing industries today rank as two of Lower Vancouver Island’s major economic drivers. Often hard to separate and effectively categorize, companies in these industries continue to experience robust annual growth numbers. It was recently reported by VIATeC (Victoria Advanced Technology Council) that the Greater Victoria tech […]
Special Feature Editorial: Innovation and Technology
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be the size of a sports stadium when built. Envisioned as a robust, scientifically efficient system that will address the most compelling astrophysics science questions of our time it will produce images of unmatched reach and sharpness. As Systems Engineering Group Leader for the TMT Project, managed by the
Can We Talk: Publisher Sue Hodgson talks with TMT Engineering Group Leader Scott Roberts
As co-founder of wildlife conservation organization Pacific Wild, and longtime Great Bear Rainforest resident, Ian McAllister is respected throughout the globe for his efforts to protect British Columbia’s endangered rainforest. He was named as one of 133 highly accomplished Canadians by The Globe and Mail and a “Leader of the 21st Century” by Time. As
Great Bear Wild: Conservationist Visits Sidney
– Story by Hans Tammamagi, Photography by nuttycake.com – Occasionally, when you walk into a house for the first time, you feel comfortable, very much at home and just want to lay back and relax. That’s the ambiance as you enter the home of Karen McCoy and Neil Munro on Curteis Point in the quiet, secluded
Seaside Homes: West Coast Comfort and Supreme Wheelchair Accessibility
– by Carole Pearson – The community of Brentwood Bay was originally known as Sluggetts (or Sluggett’s). In 1875, John Sluggett arrived on the Saanich Peninsula from Ontario and purchased 1000 acres of land, reaching from Benvenuto Avenue to Clarke Road, and from the water to East Saanich Road. In August 1892, a post office
Shopping Brentwood Bay: A Snapshot History of Brentwood Bay
