by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 11, 2022 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Paul Taylor It’s been an exhausting few weeks. As we continue navigating a pandemic recovery, coupled with skyrocketing housing and food prices, we are also witnessing a humanitarian crisis unfold before our eyes. The situation in Ukraine has left me grappling with...
by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 10, 2022 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Chantille Viaud Last year an atmospheric heat dome demonstrated, in a single day of extreme heat, what the impacts of climate change look like for people living all across B.C., not just in flood or wildfire-affected areas. And the people most affected by it were...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 24, 2022 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Chantille Viaud I was on a zoom call recently when my toddler, who was at home because of a COVID exposure at his child care centre, started screaming like the world had ended. Turns out Moana had gone to credits and I hadn’t noticed in time. No one on my call...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 3, 2021 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Chantille Viaud Growing up, my family would give cans of food to our local food bank each year, and I assumed that this was normal. But then one year, friends from Sweden visited us for Christmas. I remember telling them, with pride, that we were gathering cans of...
by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 6, 2021 | Editorial, Village Vibe
I have felt both proud and humbled to have been allowed to lead the Board of Fernwood NRG for the past 5 years. I’m passing the torch of leadership to Kelsey Singbeil and Eric Swanson who will be Fernwood NRG’s new Co-Chairs of the Board. ›› Michael Lancaster Dear...
by Geeks on the Beach | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
›› Chantille Viaud If you ever want to know what it’s like to be a ghost, become an unhoused person. This is a paraphrased quote from one of the speakers at a workshop called “Keeping it Human” that I, along other residents of Fernwood, participated in recently. It’s...
