Why do city planners put bicycles ahead of people?
ROSLYN KUNIN: Many people don’t have yards or nearby open spaces. These are the people who city council should be thinking of when planning changes (PREMIUM)
Tag: BC Life
Sitting on the dock of the bay, watching an idle ferry
MIKE ROBINSON: The Canadian response to being stranded for 11 hours on a BC ferry? Free food, cheers and applause! ($$)
You never really know what’s following you until it snows
MIKE ROBINSON: I’ve adjusted my solo walk schedule and try to be alert to the possibility that a cougar is lurking ($$)
We’ll be warm for the winter, thanks to the Wood Camp boys
ROBINSON: The camaraderie of splitting and stacking your winter wood with pals, and the payoff through the cold months ($$)
On wings and dorsal fins: how fall arrives on the West Coast
ROBINSON: As the local orca family hunts sea lions, the resident bald eagles leave for a pre-winter feast of salmon ($$)
‘There’s a bat in the house!’
ROBINSON: Falling asleep with bat gear ready, you don’t know what to expect. You just have that Boy Scout sense that you’re prepared ($$)
Adrift and perilously close to abandoning ship
ROBINSON: After more than a little high-seas misadventure, the Frankie finally proves seaworthy – and sanitary ($$)
Keeping a father and son tradition afloat
ROBINSON: Putting the Frankie back in the water signals the coming of summer adventures. But first we must perform the ritual launch dance
Powell River celebrates its progressive roots
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring to be performed at PRISMA. In 1913, the ballet unleashed a mad torrent of modernity on the members of Parisienne high society
Spring surprises at Skelhp: red tide and Cuddles
ROBINSON Fir pollen on the water (perhaps), black bears on the prowl. All part of a spring visit to Skelhp (PREMIUM membership content)
My fireplace just helped renew my faith in humanity
ROBINSON A household calamity, an accommodating retailer, some dirty and hard work, and a twofold payoff at the end (PREMIUM membership content)
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