Stay safe. Stay at home. That’s the message from British Columbia authorities. There’s an emergency health order in effect advising people not to travel for non-essential reasons. Stay inside your health region. Another blow to struggling tourism businesses. I haven’t…
Elements Casino in Surrey, BC is home to the Fraser Downs Standardbred horse racing track. Formerly known as the Cloverdale Raceway. The horse racetrack has been around since 1976. The casino opened in the early 2000’s, and it didn’t take…
I usually try not to write political blog posts. Too boring! Premier John Horgan (NDP) has called an election for October 24, 2020. I’m in the camp that I’d rather NOT be dealing with an election right now. Going to…
I’m sure everyone’s heard on the news about the devastating wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington. Houses and other buildings burned. People dying. Those are real tragedies. Life changing catastrophes. Two years ago the Greater Vancouver Area was covered in…
Wow September! Back in March who’d have thought we’d still be dealing with a worldwide pandemic? The reports back in March were the coronavirus was flu-like symptoms and once the warm weather hits in the summer, the virus should ease…
It’s been two months since my post Life Around Cloverdale, British Columbia during Coronavirus Pandemic, so it’s time for an update. Our province never did go into a full lock down stay at home order, but there is a two…
Fortunately, in British Columbia, Canada we’re not on a quarantine lock down due to Covid-19. Life for me continues pretty much the same. I walk my dogs, spend time with my horse, and grocery shop as needed. I’m generally following…
The Pineapple Express isn’t all about sunshine, warm weather, and Mai Tais. The Pineapple Express is a weather system that brings moist air from the tropics that drenches the Greater Vancouver Area with torrential rainfall. January 31, 2020 was…
In the summer of 2019, I went on the Cloverdale Ghost Walk, a walking tour around the downtown area that focuses on the dark side, some of the bad and unfortunate things that happened in Cloverdale. Most of which happened…
When I was younger we had two black and white TV sets in the house. And we had three local TV stations airing in the Greater Vancouver Area to put those TVs to use. CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Channel, aired…
