Island Voices – Island Talk

People ask me if they should tranquilize their dog or cat for a journey. The answer is NO!

When I was a little girl I lived in Montreal. My Uncle Bill had a cottage in the Laurentions, on a lake called Lake McDonald, just up the road from Lost River. I loved Lake McDonald and the sweet, little cottage that sat above the lake in the forest.

Are you confused or unsure about what kind of help you or your aging loved one is eligible for in the community?

On-line marketing has become an ever increasing presence in the market place and Island Woman magazine has created a platform to assist smaller companies on the island to easily access and share in its potential. Trish Summerhayes, the owner of Island Woman, said “It’s very important to me to do all that I can to…

Over the course of your life, you’ll need to take steps to protect the financial well being of your loved ones after you’ve passed away. But when should you make these moves?

Celebration of women and diversity is at the heart of an International Women’s Day event Sunday (March 6) at Nanaimo’s Grand Hotel.

Canada needs to get serious if it’s going to address the unprecedented threat to our way of life that is climate change. The least-expensive, simplest and quickest way would be to restore forested lands and coastal marine ecosystems so they sequester carbon.

I like to think I have a way with words, but boy do I get tongue-tied when I’m asked, “What exactly do you do, Wendy?”

Decades ago I bought Viet Nam war veteran Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried because I was intrigued by the title. I was a teenager in the 70’s and had always been moved by what young soldiers had gone through.