Rusty Hinge
The Rusty Hinge is a new garden shop beside the natural foods store in Roberts Creek. Owner Rhoda Baxter waited a long time to claim this terrific location in the heart of the Creek.
View From The Top
It is said that new folks get hopelessly lost in the Pender Harbour area unless they’ve had a tour by boat to get a feel for the myriad waterways.
Sue Harper
Oh, the birds! Herons and eagles and hawks and ducks and seabirds of all kinds. Sue Harper’s photographs are full of the passion and affinity she feels for her natural subjects.
Gigi Hoeller
Gigi Hoeller’s finely wrought images of flowers, landscapes, wood carvings, and totems call to mind the work of Georgia O’Keeffe (the 20th-century American painter best known for her extreme and sensuous close-ups of flowers).
Melanie Fogell
Melanie Fogell’s engaging and diverse paintings reflect a rich and storied life. Colourful and reminiscent of the Fauves (early 20th-century painters who emphasized colour and the characteristics of the paint itself, rather than focusing on representation), her work is also strongly influenced by music.
Jan de Beer
Through his large paintings—some of them as long as eight feet—de Beer seeks also to challenge the way art is “placed on a pedestal out of reach for the majority of normal people.
All-Season
The “off” season on the Sunshine Coast brings so many delights. The creeks and streams have filled with autumn rains and the salmon are returning! Fishers in waders line the shores near the mouths of creeks, and kayakers troll past, rods balanced on their knees.
The Sequoia Grove
The sequoia is a powerful symbol for strength, health, and connectedness. The largest, tallest, and most enduring of trees, they stand powerfully rooted to the earth and to each other, with strong and straight cores.
Coast Recital Society
At the very heart of the Coast Recital Society is a commitment to bringing the finest classical musicians to the Sunshine Coast.
Being Canadian
The consul then looked up, smiled, and offered a handshake: “Welcome to Canada!” It was almost twenty years ago, but I still get emotional when I recall those words by the Canadian Embassy official in Manila, and the final interview that made Canada my new home.