 |  |
| Paul Demers
The image of Nanaimo's downtown is rapidly changing for the better,
and that means the image of the entire city is changing too. Just ask
Paul Demers, a Squamish newspaper columnist and high school English
teacher... <MORE> |
| Arne Hansen and NRGH
Normally when I got the following email from Cheryl Denay, I would
have passed it on as a potential letter to the editor, but instead I
chose to use this space to recognize the hundreds of Hidden Heroes who,
especially during major illnesses, are always there to care for us; and
care for us extraordinarily well... <MORE> |
| George Ewing
George Ewing could be described as a guy who can do pretty much
anything he puts his mind to, a guy who can decide what he wants,
envision the finished product and then make it a reality... <MORE> |
| Gregg Hofftad
The
restaurant in the old Balmoral Hotel on Haliburton Street in Nanaimo's
South End has been closed for the past four years; a sign that the area
has been undergoing "challenges". Two weeks ago it opened as King's
Cafˇ, a 50s Diner/Sea Food Restaurant. ItÕs one more sign that the South
End Community, "an area in transition", has begun to turn the corner... <MORE> |
| Hidden Heros Education Program
After seven years
of consistent effort, the Our Hidden Heroes Education Program for
elementary grades is beginning to expand beyond Vancouver Island to
schools as far away as England, Saskatchewan, Western Quebec and Ontario
(Toronto, Ajax, Barrie and Ottawa)... <MORE> |
| Randy Okeley
Garth Watkins was in the Outreach
Pharmacy at 55 Victoria Road recently on business for Shaw Cable Systems
and came away raving about the extraordinary service Randy Okeley and
his staff were offering to their clients most of whom, he told us,
looked as if they were “struggling” with life. .. <MORE> |
| Colton Vandermolen and Kevin Bell
A year ago
Colton Vandermolen and Kevin Bell, two tourism students from Malaspina
University College, took six months off to study, live and work with a
small community of organic coffee farmers in Costa Rica. They were the
third group of students to accept this challenge as part of the “Heart
of Gold” project created by their professor, Dr. David Robinson... <MORE> |
| | |
