What is ripe at Springridge Common?

Medlar- Mespilus germanica This fruit will be ready to harvest once the first frost occurs, around the beginning of November.  Before they are ready to eat, medlars must go through the ‘bletting’ process. What is bletting you ask? ‘[Medlars] become edible after being...

Halloween Monster Bash 2.0

  The 2nd Annual Monster Bash is back by popular demand.  This Community Centre Network event brings youth ages 9-13 years together from all over Victoria for a Halloween party like no other.  The entire James Bay Community School Centre is transformed into a...

From Fernwood to the Flathead

Join National Geographic explorer and author Douglas Chadwick and Fernwood resident Sarah Cox from Sierra Club BC for an engaging evening of storytelling about the wild, feisty and fierce wolverine!   Chadwick, an acclaimed speaker, will describe his close encounters...

Great British Columbia ShakeOut

On October 20th at 10:20am, the Fernwood Community Centre staff and clients will be participating in the second Great British Columbia ShakeOut. This is a province wide event to educate the public, businesses, and organizations about how to prepare and protect...

A Thanksgiving Message from your MP

October 7, 2011 A Thanksgiving Message from your MP   Dear Constituents, As I head home to Victoria this Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on all that we have to be thankful for. We are going through difficult political times, but I am thankful for living in...

Poll / Pole wordplay

  Photo by Angela Hemming >> John Coy Historically poles have always been a form of public expression. That’s when they say “the public’s going to the polls”, they’re talking about democracy where everyone gets their say.  Recently, however, in modern times...