Freedom is alive

Freedom is alive

›› Kevin Yee-Chan, Fernwood Yoga Den And it’s right here, in your heartbeat and your community. With words like restriction, quarantine, mandatory, and closure becoming part of our everyday vocabulary, it’s no wonder that many are feeling a tightening of fear or...
A Fernwood Story

A Fernwood Story

›› Susan Sanford Blades My debut novel, Fake It So Real, was ­conceived around the same time I moved to Fernwood nine years ago and I think this is no coincidence. How could I not be inspired to create in this land of painted hydro poles; this place where a man is...

The COVID Experience

Change, transition, adaptation ›› Shonna Bell Creativity, responsiveness, compassion. It feels constant, exhausting and maybe sometimes invigorating. It feels humble, impossible to predict: make plans, adjust, make plans, adjust, settle in, adjust. Really, it’s...
Stage Wine Bar: A COVID-19 date night

Stage Wine Bar: A COVID-19 date night

›› Lauren Gaultier If you are anything like me, this pandemic has put a real damper on your culinary experiences. Dining out has become equally as rare as it is intimidating. In an uncertain fall where BC’s cases are ­continuing to rise and new lockdown measures were...