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Ice scapes

North Island Gazette - Thursday January 26, 2012

Brett Meredith hoists five-year-old granddaughter, Madelyn Meredith, near some frozen water along Hardy Bay Road that someone coloured.

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Orange you glad for ham recipes?

North Island Gazette - Sunday January 8, 2012

was totally flying by the seat of my pants when I came up with this idea.

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Hot cakes a hot Christmas breakfast

North Island Gazette - Thursday December 8, 2011

I’ve come up with a sure-fire way to have your kids eat breakfast on Christmas morning

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On the roof! Roof!

North Island Gazette - Wednesday November 23, 2011

Zeus catches some sun while keeping watch on the neighbourhood from the roof of Vadim Stavrikov and Tanya Kellar’s home in Port McNeill.

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Situation unbearable

North Island Gazette - Thursday November 24, 2011

Conflicts between humans and bears continue to present a growing problem on the North Island,

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Tsitika River tranquility

North Island Gazette - Thursday November 17, 2011

The Tsitika River has been a study in controversy.

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Have a shot at this cake

North Island Gazette - Wednesday November 9, 2011

I came up with this recipe in direct relation to my need to bake for my husband every week

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Ceepeecee nothing but a memory now

North Island Gazette - Sunday November 6, 2011

In 1925 a small oily fish, known as sardines or pilchard, started to appear off of the west coast of Vancouver Island

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Multi Juno award-winner to play Port Hardy

North Island Gazette - Wednesday November 2, 2011

f winning multiple Juno Awards didn’t convince David Francey he’d hit the big time, his hockey teammates brought the point home.

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Scouting new blood

North Island Gazette - Thursday November 3, 2011

lec Nielson and Joshua Estlin were welcomed into the Canadian Scouting movement

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From Port McNeill: Destination Istanbul

North Island Gazette - Friday October 28, 2011

I’m at 30,000 feet and the rising sun is casting lines of red, orange and yellow on the world below.

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Don't let the cold hearted killer get you

North Island Gazette - Thursday October 27, 2011

Staggering forth, shivering, soaked to the bone and exhausted, my body plummeted performing a face plant into a stream.

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Ride for inner peace

North Island Gazette - Thursday October 20, 2011

It took a 6,200-km bicycle ride to do it, but Klaus Lüttgen finally made peace with his estranged dad.

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Earthquake means 'drop, cover, hold on'

BC Local News - Thursday October 20, 2011

The best way to protect yourself from falling objects in an earthquake is ducking under a desk or sturdy table until one minute after the shaking stops.

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How to cook the perfect turkey 

North Island Gazette - Thursday October 6, 2011

When I was asked earlier this week to write this column, I immediately responded with a: “Sure! No problem.”

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Seven up on Johnstone Strait

North Island Gazette - Thursday October 6, 2011

The wild salmon runs emanating from our west coast rivers during the last few years have been anything but predictable.

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Be prepared, get lost, but be safe and happy

North Island Gazette - Thursday September 29, 2011

Day tripping can be lots of fun, but stats show over 80 per cent of all back country emergencies arise because people are under-equipped.

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Play dead and you could be dead

North Island Gazette - Thursday September 22, 2011

There’s a recent incident in Campbell River where a 19-year-old played dead when a black bear emerged from a trail.

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Might as well jump, and jump, and jump ...

North Island Gazette - Thursday September 15, 2011

When serving as a marine naturalist, one of the questions I am most often asked about whales is: “Why do they jump?”

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Harmony tips for backcountry travel

North Island Gazette - Sunday August 28, 2011

Human presence in many of our natural areas has had negative impacts on the landscape.

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