Medlar- Mespilus germanica
This fruit will be ready to harvest once the first frost occurs, around the beginning of November. Before they are ready to eat, medlars must go through the ‘bletting’ process. What is bletting you ask?
‘[Medlars] become edible after being softened, ‘bletted’, by frost, or naturally in storage given sufficient time. Once softening begins […]
The 2nd Annual Monster Bash is back by popular demand. This Community Centre Network event brings youth ages 9-13 years together from all over Victoria for a Halloween party like no other. The entire James Bay Community School Centre is transformed into a youth space with different activities: bouncy castles, boffer battles, dj, fear factor, […]
Join National Geographic explorer and author Douglas Chadwick and Fernwood resident Sarah Cox from Sierra Club BC for an engaging evening of storytelling about the wild, feisty and fierce wolverine!
Chadwick, an acclaimed speaker, will describe his close encounters with the elusive wolverine during his October tour to promote Sierra Club BC’s Flathead River Valley […]
October 7, 2011
A Thanksgiving Message from your MP
Dear Constituents,
As I head home to Victoria this Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on all that we have to be thankful for. We are going through difficult political times, but I am thankful for living in an inspiring, progressive community that I take pleasure in representing. I am […]
Photo by Angela Hemming
>> John Coy
Historically poles have always been a form of public expression. That’s when they say “the public’s going to the polls”, they’re talking about democracy where everyone gets their say. Recently, however, in modern times neighbourhood power poles have been a medium of expression used mostly by vandals “tagging” messages often […]
From Sept 13th to Oct 9th, 2011 the Cornerstone Cafe is displaying the exhibition
‘Esa Tormenta Magnifica‘, a solo show of visionary paintings
by Luis Enrique Oliver.
Here is a video about the show:
Fernwood pops as the Bubble Man delights
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VICTORIA— From Monday’s Globe and Mail
Like a swordsman preparing for battle, Terry Wilson unsheathed a slender plastic rod from a long narrow tube.
He strolled across the street, deliberation in every step.
As he did so, he held out his instrument.
What he held in […]