Craving fresh crab, local seafood?
2021-07-05
We are fortunate to live in an area that offers fresh seafood. With the advent of summer, our thoughts turn to succulent spot prawns, theContinue Reading
Beach bubble ballet
2021-04-28
Missing live performances? Head down to the Qualicum Beach waterfront on any given day and you might catch a spectacular performance — giant flying jellyfish!Continue Reading
Chamber of Commerce erasing QB from the tourism map
2021-04-14
Despite people being “encouraged” to remain in our home regions to lessen the spread of virulent COVID-19 variants, Easter weekend brought a fair number ofContinue Reading
Pheasant Glen hearing unearths more uncertainties
2021-04-14
In a previous article, we questioned the unseemly haste by Council to push through approval of what we characterized as a half-baked proposal from theContinue Reading
Opposition to new street lighting grows
2021-03-19
This article is excerpted from a letter submitted March 1, 2021 by Ron and Christine Bieg to the Mayor and Council of the Town ofContinue Reading
Losing our edge; time for a doughnut?
2021-02-20
Qualicum Beach’s prized natural and built legacy is being eroded — just when other towns and cities are taking steps to preserve and harmonize theirContinue Reading
Magical Milner Gardens re-opens
2020-08-08
Geoff Ball laughs and says, “I swear the garden sort of smiled the day the volunteers came back in mid-July. I think the garden missedContinue Reading
Mayor, Councillors dismiss ballooning deficit concerns
2020-08-08
In our previous issue of Second Opinion QB, we reported that, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and state of emergency declared by theContinue Reading