by Matthew Coutts | Feb 2, 2026 | From Our President
I have learned several new words and phrases in my short time here that thoroughly highlight the uniqueness of Pender Island and its inhabitants. Words like “friend-vestment”, a reference one person made to volunteering on an upcoming project with an innate...
by Matthew Coutts | Dec 3, 2025 | From Our President
The Pender Post Society would like to extend heartfelt condolences to its readers on the loss of Helen Allison, an island legend whose contributions to this newsletter over the last five decades have been, quite simply, unparalleled. Helen passed away last month at...
by Matthew Coutts | Jul 24, 2025 | From Our President
I heard the humpback before I saw it. The moist and mighty blast it exhaled as it breached the waters of the Salish Sea. It was, for a moment, the only thing I could hear. The only sense I could process. I had expected to spot the great wanderer in the distance, so my...
by Matthew Coutts | Jun 30, 2025 | From Our President
My family will be marking the anniversary of our move to Pender Island in a few short months and it has me pondering the notion of home. Will the milestone officially make me a Pender Islander? And if not, what is it that makes someone a Penderite? Perhaps I became...
