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Christmas Tree Hunting
It's that time of year when many people are Christmas Tree hunting. Everyone who erects a tree for the Christmas season wants the most perfect one. While the Christmas tree has become a central symbol... 
VANCOUVER ISLAND BOXING - Today & Yesterday (1954 to 2009)
The sport of amateur and pofessional boxing has an
interesting past
From the 1950's to 1990's, the most active place for boxing
was Greater Victoria. On the amateur side of the sport,
during the Sixties... 
Food Security Is of Increasing Concern
The term food security was barely heard a decade ago on Vancouver Island but with the new reality of climate change and peak oil, food security is of increasing concern. Fifty years ago a... 
Ticks and Humans in British Columbia
Spring on the west coast of Canada brings wildflowers, soft breezes and tick bites. These tiny blood sucking insects reach peak nuisance value in early spring. The blood sucker on Vancouver Island is...
created by Barbara McPherson | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
1441 views | 68 recommendations | 8 comments
1441 views | 68 recommendations | 8 comments
Pollution From Plastic Threatens Beach
This is an ocean planet. On Vancouver Island we have been blessed with the bounty from the ocean. Oysters lay on the clean beaches. Children play on the sandy beaches in the summer. Dog...
created by Barbara McPherson | 43 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
546 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
546 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
Buying Free Range Eggs? What Does "Free Range" Mean?
There is an encouraging trend in hen's egg buying these days. Many institutions are moving towards selling only eggs from non-caged or battery birds. California has made the move to gradually phase out...
created by Barbara McPherson | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
650 views | 35 recommendations | 4 comments
650 views | 35 recommendations | 4 comments
Contaminated Cocaine Hits British Columbia, 10 Seriously Ill
BC health officials are warning of contaminated cocaine which has led to serious illness in at least 10 Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland cases. " The patients suffered from bone marrow suppression and an... 
Surfing in Canada - evade logs, dodge rocks, elude sea lions.
We were a fair ways out from the point now and I was riding a wave in when I looked down and saw jagged rocks less than 6 inches below the surface of the water. There was a graveyard of logs, drift wood and...
Salmon, The Fish That Keeps On Giving
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, CanadaVancouver Island is blessed with clean rivers, big trees and abundant wildlife. Nanaimo River is one of those beautiful rivers. It might not seems like it to the casual...
created by Barbara McPherson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
187 views | 42 recommendations | 7 comments
187 views | 42 recommendations | 7 comments
Nice Waterfall....Too bad it's the effluent from a mine....in a Provincial Park.
A photo from the film Strathcona: A Slice Through Paradise 
Canwest Global cuts local news on Vancouver Island
More bad news for local news gathering care of the Asper empire..."LOCAL TELEVISION IS TAKING A HIT TODAY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 18 LAYOFFS AT CHEK-TV. AMONG THOSE LOSING THEIR JOBS IS GENERAL MANAGER RON EBERLE. ALSO LAID OFF ARE SOME ON AIR-PERSONNEL AND THE STATION’S... 
Canadian government faces suit over killer whales (Orcas)
It is about time that the Canadian Government is doing more to protect Killer Whales (Orcas). I just hope they don't go overboard and kill a whole whale watching industry at the same time.First it is very... 
created by travel_photography | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
504 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments
504 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments
Killer whales (Orcas) making news in the UK
Big News coverage in the UK - almost all UK Newspaper picked up a story on Killer Whales (Orcas, orcinus orca) and about there beauty, behaviors and syncronized swimming.German photographer Rolf Hicker (which...
created by travel_photography | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
1060 views | 38 recommendations | 7 comments
1060 views | 38 recommendations | 7 comments
Orca Killer whale family pod at sunset in front of a local fishing boat North...
A family pod of the northern resident Killer whales (Orcas, Orcinus orca, facts about Killer Whales) traveling during sunset in front of a local fishing boats in Blackfish Sound off Northern Vancouver Island in...
created by travel_photography | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
335 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
335 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
Vancouver Island Pot Crop Best In Years
The laid back lifestyle of the Islanders may be even more mellow this winter with the harvesting of outdoor grown marijuana. While the hemp plant has many uses, smoking bits of it seem to be the most popular...
created by Barbara McPherson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
408 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
408 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
