by Chris Bush – Nanaimo News Bulletin posted Jun 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM The cannery and smokehouse that Armand St. Jean started in 1960, selling oysters and soup to local bars and grocery stores, has been purchased by the Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood Development Corporation. The sale was announced Friday with a celebration at the cannery […]
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Expo 86 Saved Our Lives
Expo 86 – Jasperdo/Flickr I was nine years old when the ‘world’s exposition’—Expo 86—came to Vancouver and set up a bulbous, rainbow, multicultural, sky-defying shop in False Creek. Colourful pavilions trumpeted the accomplishments of countries far around the world, known to me only previously through atlases. Each stop offered a stamp for our mock passports; […]
Annual Give & Go event another rousing success
Nanaimo Daily News Friday, December 11, 2015 The 13th Annual Give & Go event was a rousing success. Vehicles from individuals and businesses streamed through the Daily News parking lot Wednesday in Nanaimo, dropping off enough donations to fill a Salvation Army truck and another van. Event organizer Cathy Webster says she co-ordinates the event […]