by Matthew Coutts | Sep 17, 2026 | From Our President, Local Politics
The Pender Post Society’s all-candidates meetings have been scheduled for early October. Tell the person next to you, text your mate in Port Wash. Sing it from the roof of Poets Cove. Invite the island to take advantage of these opportunities to meet our candidates...
by Matthew Coutts | Sep 11, 2026 | From Our President
The Capital Regional District has confirmed the list of nominees for next month’s local elections, and Pender Islanders will see a full slate of candidates for the next roster of Islands Trust representatives. Nine locals will be on the ballot for the four North and...
by Matthew Coutts | Aug 28, 2026 | From Our President
Cooperation can be political. Collaboration can be a form of protest. Cohesion, an act of defiance. That is perhaps a radical statement from the president of the Pender Post Society, an organization dedicated to both fostering cooperation and avoiding divisive...
by Matthew Coutts | Aug 3, 2026 | From Our President
I’m writing this on a park bench in downtown Vancouver, surrounded by people and feeling completely anonymous. It’s mid-July. We came into the city to visit family and catch a game. I’d been staring at large screens at a busy brewpub in a quickly-gentrifying downtown...
by Matthew Coutts | Jun 30, 2026 | From Our President
I’m writing this shortly after running the inaugural Pender Pursuit trail race and taking part in the Pender Island Foundation’s first Walk for Wellness in late June. I’ll do my best not to dwell on the aches and pains and instead focus on the immeasurable good that...
by Matthew Coutts | Jun 4, 2026 | 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...
