Last month Saanich Voice Online surveyed some of the biggest grocery stores in the region on availability of locally grown foods. In this final article Michael Mockler, the Director of Produce Operations at Thrifty Foods, offers some answers to lingering questions and there were no “sacred cows” in the conversation about local food production. Read the rest of this entry »

Citizen Journalist A. Furtado asks, if you know where your municipal councillors live and then follows the trail. Furtado finds that not all councillors live in the same district in which they hold their seat. Read the rest of this entry »

Mike Preston is a lucky man; he said so himself. Everyone at the Brentwood School of Music was getting ready for a big student recital at the Friendship Baptist Church on June 11. [Find out what happened next] Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re expecting a nerdy Dr. Jekyll stirring a bubbling, glow-in-the-dark concoction, you’d better look elsewhere. With a life-long commitment to learning, Rod has a 3rd degree black belt in karate and has taken up guitar in a big way. He also has a season ski pass to Mt Washington and races motorcycles at Mission Raceway. Find out more online... Read the rest of this entry »