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Social documentarian: Director, producer and writer Liz Marshall takes on cultural collaboration

Social documentarian: Director, producer and writer Liz Marshall takes on cultural collaboration

Liz Marshall quickly reveals her collaborative spirit during our brief outdoor photo shoot in Lower Gibsons. “Scarf on or off?” she asks while posing in front of an ocean backdrop on Marine Drive.
Rockwood Lecture: Festival keynote frames answers to housing scarcity

Rockwood Lecture: Festival keynote frames answers to housing scarcity

CBC Victoria radio host Gregor Craigie shares insights from his latest book, 'Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis'
Harbour Publishing's 50 years honoured at writers festival

Harbour Publishing's 50 years honoured at writers festival

'I think that one of the things that makes Harbour books is that they are timely books, even if the world doesn’t know they are timely at the time': Panel honours the publishing powerhouse during the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Art Beat: Artisan fair spites foul weather and Art & Words fest this weekend

Art Beat: Artisan fair spites foul weather and Art & Words fest this weekend

Also, Sechelt, Gibsons and Roberts Creek music series continue
House by the Sea: A major rebuild turns a humble cottage into a dream home

House by the Sea: A major rebuild turns a humble cottage into a dream home

In the kitchen of Roberta Leslie’s newly renovated home there hangs a framed quote attributed to Ava Gardner. It reads: “When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.”
Angling for abstraction in buoyant seascapes: 'Our Playful Seascape' at GPAG

Angling for abstraction in buoyant seascapes: 'Our Playful Seascape' at GPAG

Odile Gagné’s mixed media show, 'Our Playful Seascape,' on at Gibsons Public Art Gallery until Aug. 25
AI and crypto take centre stage in comedies that mine tech for mirth

AI and crypto take centre stage in comedies that mine tech for mirth

'Aye Aye AI' and 'Crypto Caper' coming to the Heritage Playhouse on Aug. 23.
Knives are out in Sunshine Coaster's searing cookery book

Knives are out in Sunshine Coaster's searing cookery book

Gibsons resident Sara Galli releases 'On Food and Bull****' with biting insights into the food industry
Where charm comes naturally: Ruby Lake Resort celebrates over 30 years in harmony with the surrounding ecosystem

Where charm comes naturally: Ruby Lake Resort celebrates over 30 years in harmony with the surrounding ecosystem

For highway motorists hurrying to catch a scheduled sailing at Earls Cove, their passage over a land bridge six kilometres south of the ferry terminal takes just a few seconds.
Art Beat: Cultured collage by Cabalu on exhibit at The Kube

Art Beat: Cultured collage by Cabalu on exhibit at The Kube

A brilliant exhibition of collage by Filipino-Canadian artist Jay Cabalu is in full swing at The Kube gallery in Gibsons. The show’s title, Bunso, is derived from a Tagalog term of endearment for the 'youngest child' in a family.