›› Margaret Hantiuk
With our rainy winters, local gardeners soon find out that there is not really a water shortage here; but with our dry summers, we do need lots of water, and the issue is a storage problem. The ideal solution is a large cistern (100 gallon minimum) hooked up to your roof downspouts. It […]
›› Jillian Player
Deirdre Kelly is a long-time resident, artist, and social activist in Fernwood. She was one of the original members of the Mitraniketan Housing Co-op; eventually, she and her family settled into their current home on Pembroke Street.
Among her many social interests, Deirdre has been a longstanding member of the Fernwood-based Central America Support […]
Fernwood University returns with a free lecture on sustainability at the Belfry Theatre, November 21, 7:00 p.m.
Sustainability. The term has become ubiquitous: at the grocery store, we shop for “sustainable foods” produced from “sustainable agriculture”; cities, federal governments, and international organizations tout “sustainable development” as a strategy for local and global stability; communities across North […]
October 31, 2014, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at William Stevenson Park, behind the Fernwood Community Centre
›› Mila Czemerys
This Halloween, join in the fun at the annual Fernwood Halloween Bonfire at William Stevenson Park behind the Fernwood Community Centre. Everyone is invited to this family-friendly event. Drop by and warm up on your trick-or-treat route. Bring […]
Village Development Project taking shape
›› Kelsey Singbeil
Last October, the Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group (Fernwood NRG) announced its plans to purchase four properties in the heart of Fernwood Village. It was a bold idea that embodied our principle of ensuring neighbourhood control and ownership of neighbourhood assets. These buildings represent an opportunity to achieve these goals—we’re […]
›› Phyllis Ferguson, Steve Miller, & Linda Passeri
Why did we make a 4,000 mile journey from Springfield, Missouri USA to Fernwood? We came because your soul pole project is the biggest that we found anywhere in the world. We wanted to learn how to put one on properly and do it in our own community […]
Did you know? There’s another municipal election coming on Saturday, November 15th, 2014
›› Lee Herrin
Historically, voter turnout in municipal elections in Victoria is dismal—in the last election in 2011 it was 26.3%, up a whole percentage point from 2008 when it was 25.3%. Out of 65,612 citizens of this fair city who were eligible to […]
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