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From Our President

Something always seems to be happening on Pender Island, and sometimes it can feel like those things have been happening forever. Traditions dating back to when Pender was only known as SDÁ,YES, others established with one wave of settlers or another. The Pender...

From Our President

Something always seems to be happening on Pender Island, and sometimes it can feel like those things have been happening forever. Traditions dating back to when Pender was only known as SDÁ,YES, others established with one wave of settlers or another. The Pender...

From Our President

Something always seems to be happening on Pender Island, and sometimes it can feel like those things have been happening forever. Traditions dating back to when Pender was only known as SDÁ,YES, others established with one wave of settlers or another. The Pender...

From Our President

Something always seems to be happening on Pender Island, and sometimes it can feel like those things have been happening forever. Traditions dating back to when Pender was only known as SDÁ,YES, others established with one wave of settlers or another. The Pender Island Farmers’ Institute’s Fall Fair has been a foundational event for over 90 years. The...

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From Our President

From Our President

Something always seems to be happening on Pender Island, and sometimes it can feel like those things have been happening forever. Traditions dating back to when Pender was only known as SDÁ,YES, others established with one wave of settlers or another. The Pender...

Pender Interview: Watching Whales with Janine McNeilly

Pender Interview: Watching Whales with Janine McNeilly

By Jacklyn Aubin, Raincoast Conservation Foundation Janine McNeilly is a research scientist for Raincoast’s Cetacean Research Program. A lifelong whale lover, Janine is working to help us understand the effectiveness of Vessel Restricted Zones in Southern BC. Her...

Pender Interview: Watching Whales with Janine McNeilly

By Jacklyn Aubin, Raincoast Conservation Foundation Janine McNeilly is a research scientist for Raincoast’s Cetacean Research Program. A lifelong whale lover, Janine is working to help us understand the effectiveness of Vessel Restricted Zones in Southern BC. Her...

Pender Interview: Watching Whales with Janine McNeilly

By Jacklyn Aubin, Raincoast Conservation Foundation Janine McNeilly is a research scientist for Raincoast’s Cetacean Research Program. A lifelong whale lover, Janine is working to help us understand the effectiveness of Vessel Restricted Zones in Southern BC. Her...

Pender Interview: Watching Whales with Janine McNeilly

By Jacklyn Aubin, Raincoast Conservation Foundation Janine McNeilly is a research scientist for Raincoast’s Cetacean Research Program. A lifelong whale lover, Janine is working to help us understand the effectiveness of Vessel Restricted Zones in Southern BC. Her fieldwork takes her to the rugged coastlines of Pender Island, where she observes whales from a bluff...

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Newcomers’ Notes: Getting to Know SDÁ,YES Glossary

As a born-and-raised Québécoise, something that made me fall in love with my new place of residence – at the time Vancouver, located on the ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations –...

Newcomers’ Notes: Getting to Know SDÁ,YES Glossary

As a born-and-raised Québécoise, something that made me fall in love with my new place of residence – at the time Vancouver, located on the ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations –...

Newcomers’ Notes: Getting to Know SDÁ,YES Glossary

As a born-and-raised Québécoise, something that made me fall in love with my new place of residence – at the time Vancouver, located on the ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations –...

Newcomers’ Notes: Getting to Know SDÁ,YES Glossary

As a born-and-raised Québécoise, something that made me fall in love with my new place of residence – at the time Vancouver, located on the ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations – was the prevalence of Indigenous heritage and art around me. It seemed nearly everywhere to me: from...

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Newcomers’ Notes: Getting to Know SDÁ,YES Glossary

Newcomers’ Notes: Getting to Know SDÁ,YES Glossary

As a born-and-raised Québécoise, something that made me fall in love with my new place of residence – at the time Vancouver, located on the ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations –...

Pender Post Past – September 1975

Pender Post Past – September 1975

As promised in last month’s article, we now have a report on the Fall Fair of 1975. The weather was perfect and the Fair was a great success. There were nail-hammering contests, a contest to see who could carve the best chair, with four legs, out of a round log using...

Pender Post Past – September 1975

As promised in last month’s article, we now have a report on the Fall Fair of 1975. The weather was perfect and the Fair was a great success. There were nail-hammering contests, a contest to see who could carve the best chair, with four legs, out of a round log using...

Pender Post Past – September 1975

As promised in last month’s article, we now have a report on the Fall Fair of 1975. The weather was perfect and the Fair was a great success. There were nail-hammering contests, a contest to see who could carve the best chair, with four legs, out of a round log using...

Pender Post Past – September 1975

As promised in last month’s article, we now have a report on the Fall Fair of 1975. The weather was perfect and the Fair was a great success. There were nail-hammering contests, a contest to see who could carve the best chair, with four legs, out of a round log using...

Pender Post Past – September 1975

As promised in last month’s article, we now have a report on the Fall Fair of 1975. The weather was perfect and the Fair was a great success. There were nail-hammering contests, a contest to see who could carve the best chair, with four legs, out of a round log using a chainsaw, and the usual competitions in baking, crafts, beer, vegetables, and fruit. The Pender...

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