You can make a difference in the life of a family in need
›› Mila Czemerys
The holiday season and the winter months can be a tough time for families struggling to make ends meet. That’s why I got really excited when I first heard about the Give the Gift of Good Food fundraiser. Fernwood NRG is […]
›› Mark C. Dickerson
GardenWorks is always looking for ways to improve our relationship with the environment; one such way is the Giving Tree.
In 2010, I had heard about a program a tree farm in Portland was offering. They only sold live Christmas trees that they delivered to people’s homes. After Christmas, they picked up the […]
Notes from the second town meeting
›› Shannon K. Auringer
As the second turnout of the Victoria High Field Revitalization town meeting began, there was a decent turn out of about twenty five residents. The three major issues left from the first meeting were addressed as follows:
• The existing trees that are being removed will be replaced […]
›› Alysha Punnett
“Isn’t it illegal?” “I heard you’ll get fined.” “We would love to grow food on our boulevard, but won’t the City remove it?” Does this sound familiar?
I smile as Mike Large pedals his bike up to the Compost Education Centre’s gate. Here is the unassuming, hard-working lawyer who has taken boulevard gardening out […]
A profound (Fernwood) evening at City Hall
›› Bill McKechnie
A report on a business meeting at Victoria City Hall might sound a bit dull, but a recent public hearing was, in the words of Councillor Shellie Gudgeon, “a profound evening.”
Fernwood Urban Village, a group of passionate individuals, was asking for rezoning on a site in Fernwood […]
›› Bamsey Franks
Aubrey Burke, when & how did you first come up with the idea for the Story Booth Project?
I came up the idea because I was a bit discouraged by contemporary art and inaccessibility. The idea of having a pop-up shop that was ground level, with 24 access via window front viewing, appealed to […]
›› Shannon K. Auringer
He was hard at work shoveling, yet another pile of garden waste, as I wandered up the Chambers Street sidewalk. I was suited up in my rain coat and knee boots, as it was in true Victoria style, raining. Proving that nothing stopped him, Ed persevered forward in his jacket and shorts […]
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