Our latest foray into dog ownership, which was going so well, has suddenly gone completely astray. For any of you who missed the first instalment, in early January we rescued a dog we found on an internet rescue site in Birch Bay, an hour’s drive south of us. We paid for Luna’s spaying and brought…
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In Memory of Josh
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Small children, bouncy puppies, nervous little dogs and beach walkers in Tsawwassen will mourn the loss of Josh (Readyfor’s Kalamity J). He died this week after a mercifully short illness brought on by cancer, predeceased this spring by his brother and lifelong buddy, Oliver. He was a real character, a personality cross between a retriever…
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Norman Young: Moving on to a Higher Stage
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It is with great sadness that I note the passing of my old mentor, Matthew Norman Young, from a heart attack at the age of 94. He was one of the major characters in British Columbia’s theatre scene for about 60 years as (in no particular order) a stage manager, technical director,…
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VanIsle 360: Last Legs
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Day 12: Wednesday, June 12, Uclulet To Victoria Finally! Our Kind of Day (Mostly) 10 am start, which was rather nice. We got out to the start line to find no wind, but as we waited a breeze came up, and we were able to get going slowly. The wind built in behind us, and soon…
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Day 7 – 11, Port Hardy to Uclulet
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Day 7. Wednesday, June 7 Port Hardy to Winter Harbour Seems like everyone got enough sleep, and we were all up by 7:15 and had breakfast, coffee, and enough time to prep the boat for the next leg. The prop worked fine to take us to the start, at which time we shut it off…
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VanIsle360 First 5 Legs
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Day 1, Saturday, June 1 Nanaimo – Comox Most of the crew stayed overnight with a very nice lady in Nanaimo, who not only put up six or eight of us, but loaned us her van to transport us around on last-minute pickups and treated us to a barbecue on her deck. Last chance for…
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VanIsle 360 Sailing Race
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A change of pace this week and next. I’m on the water 8 days out of 15, racing around Vancouver Island. Our boat is Surfrider, a Santa Cruz 50 out of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, owned and helmed by my long-time favourite skipper Greg Johnson. We have a base crew of 9 who are…
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The Nature of Nothingness
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I’ve been talking about politics a lot, lately, and I think I’ll give that a rest and move on to something simpler. Like Astrophysics. I used to be a genius. When I was a kid, I should have been given a PhD in Physics. You see, I was trying to figure out a problem that…
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Tidal Power in the Bay of Fundy
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So, here we sit, eating World Famous Digby Scallops beside the Bay of Fundy, home of the greatest tidal forces on the planet. Tides can range 50 feet from high to low. Billions of tons of water moving at almost 20 km/h every day, twice in, twice out. Humans have been using flowing water to…
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Mike Duffy Acquitted – Sort of
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Once again in Canada we have a high-profile trial where an obviously guilty person has received a complete acquittal. So what’s going on? Just as in the Gian Gomeshi case, we have a crown prosecutor who is strapped by the fact that he has to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the defendant…