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– by Susan Simosko – Friends & Neighbours is a column about the people who quietly enrich our lives personally and collectively every day. They distinguish themselves by the incredible things they do, whether or not we even notice. It is my pleasure to introduce you to a few of these remarkable people and to share […]

– by Gillian Crowley – It’s worth venturing out in January weather to take in all the entertainment and arts events the Peninsula has to offer. Tim Rogers at Deep Cove Folk Club Tim Rogers is a veteran of the folk music scene having played numerous clubs and festivals across Canada over the past five decades.

– by Linda Hunter – While the holidays are a very recent memory and classes resume in a few days, across the globe in Nairobi, Kenya, January kicks off the calendar as well as a brand new school year; for some. Because the cost of attending school is prohibitive for countless Kenyan children, the dream

– by Deborah Rogers – Being a solo-entrepreneur or small business owner can be a solitary life. When it’s just you responsible for the whole business (which can include being bookkeeper, marketing department, sales, customer service and janitor) it can feel like there’s no time to engage in business mixers or social events. But getting

– by Sharon Hope – A snowfall of over 50 cm began on February 2nd 1916, Ground Hog Day that made supplies almost impossible to obtain on the Peninsula. This depth was only surpassed by the snowfall of 1996, when 80 cm fell in downtown Victoria (64.5 cm at the airport). School was closed for

– by Julian Sale – Well – sort of … Since the economic crash of 2008/2009, car manufacturers have scrambled to bring sales volumes back up. Leasing all but stopped in the $50,000 and under segment. Many common manufacturers cut costs and quality on existing models to drop the prices. Some introduced cheaper-made, smaller new

– by Stu Rhodes – Some kids don’t know what they want to be when they grow up because, quite frankly, they truly have no idea. Not so with Cai Brown. His dilemma about what to be when he grows up spawns from having so many interests, so many talents, and so many offers. Just

– by Doreen Marion Gee – This is the third in a six-part series of profiles on some great local businesses that are working to keep us all in good health. Self-denial seems inherent in our culture where putting ourselves first is labelled ‘selfish.’ Women especially are programmed from birth that their primary role is

– by Huiyang Wang – In one of her paintings, May Ip-Lam portrayed a spectacular yet distinctive eagle through traditional and contemporary Chinese watercolours with rich dark mars-black and burnt-sienna strokes. Unlike other eagles in paintings, which either proudly fly in the sky with their powerful and wide-spread wings, or stingingly stare at you with

– by Tina Kelly – Tina Kelly is an Ocean Advocate at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre. Visit www.oceandiscovery.ca for more information. Instead of resolving to lose pounds this New Year, Wendy Szaniszlo, a Research Assistant at the Vancouver Aquarium (VanAqua), suggests you resolve to “lose the loop.” Szaniszlo’s research focuses on marine mammal entanglements