by Chris Wakaluk | Aug 28, 2025 | Stories That Brought You Here
The Stories That Brought You Here is a home-spun podcast by resident Chris Wakaluk about the people who have built their lives on Pender Island. Each month, we are pleased to present a story from a recent episode. Full conversation. With incredible support from...
by Chris Wakaluk | Jul 24, 2025 | Stories That Brought You Here
The Stories That Brought You Here is a home-spun podcast by resident Chris Wakaluk about the people who have built their lives on Pender Island. Each month, we are pleased to present a story from a recent episode. For the full conversation, check out...
by Chris Wakaluk | Jun 27, 2025 | Stories That Brought You Here
When one thinks about Pender Island, the first thing that comes to mind may not be Rat Park – the 1970s experiment that studied the connection between addiction and isolation. The study was conducted in part by now-resident Bruce Alexander, a psychologist and...
by Chris Wakaluk | May 31, 2025 | Stories That Brought You Here
Editor’s Note: We have received quite a bit of positive feedback about this feature on Gregory Franklin, specifically about his wildlife photography — so we’ve decided to update this post to include several photographs Franklin recently captured of a...
by Chris Wakaluk | May 12, 2025 | Stories That Brought You Here
Having grown up on a dairy farm in the Georgian Bay area of Ontario, Marc Lesperance bore witness to Canada’s transition from small, family-owned farms in the mid-eighties, to the industrialized methods that exist today. He watched as neighbours struggling to make...
by Chris Wakaluk | Mar 27, 2025 | Stories That Brought You Here
What happens along the way to living on Pender Island? For Paul Williamson, a former Provincial Supreme Court judge, quite a lot. Williamson’s wonderfully winding career may be highlighted by his time as a Supreme Court Judge of British Columbia. But the story that...
