A message from local MP Laurel Collins
›› Laurel Collins
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the gaps in our health care system and our social safety net, and it has intensified the growing inequalities in our society. It has brought into sharp focus how vulnerable we all are when disaster hits. Most of all, it has showed […]
The whole basis for theatre is the live experience—that minimal barrier between audience and performer; the relationship between the forms on stage and the instantaneous audience reactions driving them and the thrill that the performer has to deliver it all in that moment.
But how do you bring that live experience in the time of COVID-19?
Theatre […]
›› Laura Benoit
As we continue to stay close to home this summer, many of us have been exploring the wilderness of the Island. Looking for some guidance on how to preserve the beautiful land that we live on? Look no further than the Wilderness Committee, a non-profit organization located at 1501 Haultain Street in Fernwood.
“We […]
Photos by Aly Sibley, @alysibleyphotography
Fernwood NRG is teaming up with the City of Victoria’s Get Growing Victoria! to give out free vegetable starts on Saturday, June 6th
›› Mila Czemerys
Where can you get plant starts?
Fernwood NRG will be distributing free vegetable starts on Saturday, June 6th at the Fernwood Community Centre from 10am to 2pm.
If you are interested in picking […]
The Good Food Box is filling hundreds of bags with fresh fruit and vegetables every week
›› Ruben Anderson
For over a decade, Fernwood’s bulk-buying produce bag has been packed by a very dedicated team of volunteers, and distributed by community centres or delivered to homes around our neighbourhood and region by volunteer drivers.
And now the Good […]
›› Laura Benoit
Stephanie Papik and Ryan Davis are no strangers to Fernwood—in fact, the crafting couple met here. “We love Fernwood,” Davis says. “We love the community, the people, the businesses, and we are so grateful to be located on the land of the Lekwungen speaking people.”
Since 2008, Papik and Davis have owned and run […]
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