Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPOD SHARE: Why are so many Montreal apartments rented without appliances?
Hey Vancouver Islanders! This week we're sharing an episode from another island: Montreal. Enjoy this exploration from our CBC local podcast friends,…
2 years, 5 months ago
Is it weird to love a tree?
This spring, a few dozen people gathered in Oak Bay to say goodbye to a tree. The 200-year-old Garry Oak was cut down because of safety concerns. It'…
2 years, 5 months ago
Sictoria? Vaanich? The Victoria-Saanich Amalgamation discussion is finally about to begin
Nearly six years ago, voters in Saanich and Victoria said yes to an independent study of the pros, cons, and costs of amalgamation — after decades of…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Salish Sea doesn’t care about international borders
The waters between Vancouver Island, mainland British Columbia, and Washington State are known collectively as the Salish Sea. The flora and fauna th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Learning traditional and cultural skills, plus English and social studies, while out on the land
In the qathet School District on B.C.’s north Sunshine Coast, a group of Indigenous high school students attend a special land-based learning program…
2 years, 6 months ago
What makes immigrants choose greater Victoria as their new home?
Over 10,000 people immigrated to Greater Victoria between 2016 to 2021. But why did they come here, over other Canadian regions? And what makes them …
2 years, 6 months ago
How to rewild an industrial space
Right now on Vancouver Island there are several projects underway to turn urban or industrial spaces back into natural places or parks. But what does…
2 years, 6 months ago
Do small towns really need councils?
Things are tense at the council table in the tiny village of Sayward. It's not the first time things have gotten ugly in a small community's governme…
2 years, 6 months ago
Giselle Vriesen's debut novel is set on the Island, but mixes mythologies from around the world
Debut novelist Giselle Vriesen read fantasy books as an escape when she was a teen on Salt Spring Island, but she never saw her heritage reflected. Y…
2 years, 6 months ago
Pender Island: wheelchair basketball hotspot?!
This year, a fifth of the wheelchair basketball players at the B.C. Winter Games are from Pender Island — but Pender has nowhere near a fifth of the …
2 years, 7 months ago