This striking photo was captured looking south over Davis Bay as an estimated 2,000 lightning strikes flashed across the Sunshine Coast, southern Vancouver Island, and parts of the Lower Mainland on Sunday into the early hours of Monday morning. According to Environment Canada, the country averages over two million lightning strikes annually. Despite our relatively ... Read More »
Ian Pipes Bolden, who always carries his camera with him, saw a pod of at least two dozen white-sided dolphins swimming and jumping their way past Davis Bay on Jan. 5. Ian Pipes Bolden photo Read More »
Gibsons councillor Silas White presents writer Peter Trower with his namesake sign from a newly-named street in Gibsons. Trower, age 85, a long-time Gibsons resident and a well-known poet and novelist, is currently living in a care home in West Vancouver. Gibsons council chose “Trower Lane” as one of the street names in the new ... Read More »
The Gibsons Landing Sunday Market, left, opened for the season on May 22. It will open each Sunday, 10am-3pm, until September in Holland Park below the Town Hall. Nearby, meanwhile, construction is underway on the expansion of the Gibsons Public Market, right. The building is slated to re-open in November. Donna McMahon photos Read More »
A band called the Oldtimers poses at the scene of their debut performance May 22. Left to right are Wes Moore, grade 7, Kaishan Nonacowie, grade 5, and Zak Harding, grade 7. They earned a standing ovation playing during a break by their music teacher’s band, the Champagne Cowboys, at the Persephone brewery in Gibsons. ... Read More »
Fogtober socked in the low-lying areas of the Sunshine Coast this week. In Gibsons, Sunshine Kayak staff caught a dramatic glimpse of the sun burning through the morning cloud cover over the marina Tuesday morning. Photo submitted Read More »
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