From NiMBY to loving our neighbourhood in four easy stages
›› Harry Pettit
Stage 1: FEAR
Oh my God! The Fernwood NRG is proposing to build a monster house across the street from our adorable 1890s heritage home. Over our dead bodies! They want to house six families. OMG! Sure glad we aren’t living in our adorable heritage […]
Road hockey game wins with fun and friendship
›› Bobby Arbess
In sweltering 30°C heat, rising off the blacktop of the basketball courts behind the Fernwood Community Centre on Friday, May 13th, an enthusiastic group of youth from the regular Fernwood NRG road hockey drop-in youths clashed sticks for 4.5 hours in a ‘Road Hockey-a-Thon’. Raising money for […]
Vic High students with the Vital Youth Program choose to support Good Food Box with funds
>> Vita Yates
For the 13th year in a row, Victoria High School was fortunate enough to participate in the Vital Youth program. Through the Victoria Foundation, eight schools are allocated $2,500 to donate to a local charity of their choice. […]
Take a stroll through Fernwoodian art studios
>> Jillian Player
In 2007, an idea was hatched by a few local artists to open their studios to the public. Using their own funds (and with lots of support from both Fernwood NRG and the Fernwood Inn) the first Fernwood Art Stroll was born. Along with the creation of […]
>> Margaret Hantiuk
This time of year, with fruit trees beginning to bloom and as we are planting our veggie gardens, it is a good time to think of our gardening allies: the ones we take for granted because they do their jobs freely, and without supervision. I mean the birds and bees. Without bees, the […]
FernFest is in search of musicians, volunteers, and artisans to get involved in our festivities this year!
>> Mila Czemerys
FernFest is our FREE annual neighbourhood celebration of local music and arts held over the summer solstice, June 17 and 18, 2016. For 21 years, this event has been inspired by the incredible people and energy of […]
>> Kate VanGiesen
The Emmaus Community, centred at the big yellow house on Belmont Avenue and Grant Street, is where members engage in a “new monastic” lifestyle, participating in daily prayer, weekly worships, simpler living, and potlucks with people in the neighbourhood. A few members were inspired by the energy of Fernwood to start this intentional […]
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