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Michael MacDonald on his unicycle watches Devon Gullachersignal at a stop sign during Eagle View school's first bike rodeo Thursday. Twenty-eight kids registered and had a grand time with the figure-eight course, balance test and slow poke race — where the last bike across the finish line wins.

Praise the high heavens, the Bowron Lake Circuit has returned to a common sense contractor with knowledgeable staff the last couple of years, that isn’t dictated by senseless, clueless bureaucrats operating out of Hello BC in Vancouver.

Vancouver Island North boasts a surprisingly diverse range of cultural treasure boxes packed with colorful displays and exhibits

The windswept northern tip of Vancouver Island is home to Cape Scott Provincial Park

Alert Bay is said to be the last authentic fishing village on Canada's west coast

Pretty Coal Harbour has been a mining town, military base and whaling station at various times over the past century

There is no shortage of sea level and higher thrills in and around Port Hardy

Escape the dis trac tions of day-to-day life and con cen trate on writing that book you've been working on. Award-winning North Island author Paula Wild is offering intens ive writ ing work shops at Sea Watch Cabins on Vancouver Island’s West Coast this spring.