Pender Island News

The Transportation Safety Board continues its search for clues to determine the reason behind a tragic floatplane crash that killed six passengers shortly after taking off from Lyall Harbour near Saturna Island on Sunday afeternoon.

The sister-in-law and infant niece of a San Juan Island couple were killed Sunday when a floatplane in which they were passengers crashed after takeoff in Saturna Island 's Lyall Harbour, east of Pender Island, B.C. Witnesses at the scene say the Richmond-based deHavilland Beaver floatplane took off from Saturna after picking up two of the craft's ...

High winds forced a freighter onto Conconi Reef in Navy Channel near Pender Island on Wednesday night, the Gulf Islands Driftwood reported online.

The Galloping Moon Gallery, owned and operated by Bob and Jane Culmer, is a popular place to meet friends for coffee and snacks and browse through some of the unique specialty food products, fine and unusual gifts and wonderful hand-made jewellery by Jane.

Part 1: James never forgotten James Auchterlonie was crazy about planes. He filled a scrapbook full of them - " photos and information - " anything to do with aviation.

Orthotist Matt McLean fits Vicki Dutton with a WalkAide in Victoria, B.C. August 26, 2009.

Maria Tippett is the premier biographer of Canadian artists. She began with From Desolation to Splendour , the first history of the art of western Canada, created with her late husband Douglas Cole.

Dear American neighbours, I have a relative who lives independently with his who was 97 years old when he fell and broke his hip.

NEWS RELEASE GREEN PARTY OF CANADA ************************* May to run in Saanich-Gulf Islands SIDNEY - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, announced today that she will seek the nomination for federal election in the B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

Two Canadian men were arrested and 132 pounds of marijuana seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Monday after marine interdiction agents patrolling the San Juan Islands intercepted a 30 foot Canadian-registered Bayliner to perform a border search southeast of San Juan Island.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction agents on border security patrol in the San Juan Islands chain intercepted a 30-foot Canadian-registered Bayliner near Cattle Point, southeast of San Juan Island on Aug.

BY SHERYL STEINBERG From Friday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Friday, Jul. 31, 2009 01:23AM EDT W hen Barbara Edwards and Jim Burrows encountered a bald eagle, orca whales and hummingbirds while house hunting on British Columbia's Pender Island, it was almost as if the day had been staged.

As British Columbia gears up for another weekend of warm, dry weather, fire officials are warning of an extreme forest fire danger and they're going all out to make sure people are getting the message On Friday, fire officials brought their public awareness campaign to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Vancouver Island, where they were trying to ...

Vivid sunset viewed from Pender Island's Coach House on the Cove. Photograph by: Handout photo, Canwest News Service It's summertime and the living's easy -- especially in B.C.'s southern Gulf Islands.

Outer Gulf Islands RCMP are looking for a 54-year-old Alberta man who was last seen Tuesday evening on Pender Island.

Since this issue falls neatly between Canada Day and July 4, here are six barbecue reds from each side of the border to fuel your outdoor dinners.

After weeks of rarely sighting them, all three of the southern resident killer whale pods - J, K and L - converged up in Boundary Pass last week meeting up in a mass gathering southwest of Pender Island, one of the Canadian Gulf Islands.

K26 breaches for the crowd at Thieves Bay, North Pender Island, B.C., July 14, 2008 When tourists visit our region, it doesn't take them long to notice that our local Killer Whales are important to us.