Every year the Dakota Ridge Winter Recreation Area gets better. Driven in large part by phenomenal support from the community through volunteer hours, the success of the Ridge is visible by the well-groomed trails, excellent …

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One thing I love about our small community is that there are so many ways to get involved and contribute our time, talents and treasures for the betterment of each other.

Last night I had the opportunity to visit with the Sechelt Rotary evening club, and I was impressed with what they are doing, here and around the world... right down to the way they do their pass-the-glass end of meeting collection, with…

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WHY CAN'T YOU BE A GOAT, HEY?

We've got a .49 acre (half an acre, to y'all) half arrowhead lot in West Sechelt. It used to be a BC Hydro pole storage location, which accounts for the odd shape of the lot and why we're surrounded almost entirely by other…

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Wow - if you want a GREAT walk in the woods with your furry friend(s), take a trip up Sechelt Inlet Road to Hidden Grove Park.

I've hiked this park for about 6 years now and it just keeps getting better. One of the best examples of the right way to do trail signage on the Coast: at every. single. junction. a laminated map is posted with clear markings to show you where you are. At one point today, Diane and I thought we'd take a shortcut back to the lot, and I had this nagging…

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Man, oh man. I just got back from two weeks in France where we spent one week sightseeing in Paris, and the second week beach hopping in the French Mediterranean and then winding our way up through Provence.



I had heard for years about french food - the intricacies, the giant salads couples lingered over in sidewalk brasseries - and was fairly licking my lips to try it out when we departed in late June. I was travelling with my partner, Diane, who was 'conferencing' the first week,… Continue