Forage and feast safely
2020-10-17
October… when the lure of gold hidden in the forested slopes of our local mountains and valleys draws the forager out of their comfortable abode.Continue Reading
QB restaurants & cafes
2020-10-17
Here’s a handy list of Qualicum Beach restaurants, cafés, coffee bars and bakeries along with their hours of operation — as of October 15, 2020.Continue Reading
Wake-up call for QB tourism
2020-10-01
While School District 69 is the largest single [public sector] employer in our region, tourism is arguably the biggest private sector economic driver in QualicumContinue Reading
Letters: Council urged to stop playing favourites, protect OCP
2020-10-01
Susan Blacklin writes in response to a letter published in a recent issue of Second Opinion QB and the subdivision proposed by Rick and LindaContinue Reading
BREAKERS: timely tidbits
2020-10-01
Want to vote by mail? Order your ballot before October 17. We spoke too soon! 263 Buller Road is not cleaned up. RDN automated garbageContinue Reading
Town not enforcing builder compliance
2020-09-23
While working on a previous story about community opposition to proposed changes at a waterfront property on Higson Crescent in the northwest corner of QB,Continue Reading
QB author taps into young adult scene
2020-09-15
Warning — irony ahead. Having grown up in Vancouver and lived in Victoria for most of her adult life, writer Laura Langston finds the thingContinue Reading
BREAKERS: timely tidbits
2020-09-15
QB’ers join province-wide Forest March on Friday, September 18 Tossing cigarette butts could cost you $575 Vote for the 2020 Grand Prix d’Art People’s ChoiceContinue Reading
Town beautification kicks into gear — at the end of August?
2020-09-03
In late July, we began to hear a growing chorus from readers, residents and business owners wondering about the town’s dishevelled appearance, starting with, “WhatContinue Reading
New restaurant-bakery mills flour on-site, preserves Island bounty
2020-08-24
They met in 2015 while he was the head chef at a restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand. She, a graduate of the Culinary Institute ofContinue Reading