Hilary Angus

Vancouver

Writer and Editor at Freelance

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Snowbirds take to skies over Comox for air show training

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Hilary Angus

Comox residents are being encouraged to keep their eyes on the skies over the next few weeks as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds make their annual return to Vancouver Island for pre-season training. The Snowbirds are flying twice a day over Comox Valley from May 3 to 24 as they gear up for their 2025 season of air shows. “We’re always excited to return to 19 Wing and the beautiful Comox Valley for spring training,” Capt. Phil Rochon, public affairs officer for the Snowbirds, said in an email.
Snowbirds take to skies over Comox for air show training

1 week ago | prpeak.com | Hilary Angus

Comox residents are being encouraged to keep their eyes on the skies over the next few weeks as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds make their annual return to Vancouver Island for pre-season training. The Snowbirds are flying twice a day over Comox Valley from May 3 to 24 as they gear up for their 2025 season of air shows. “We’re always excited to return to 19 Wing and the beautiful Comox Valley for spring training,” Capt. Phil Rochon, public affairs officer for the Snowbirds, said in an email.
VIU proposes program cuts in an effort to balance budget

1 week ago | biv.com | Hilary Angus

Vancouver Island University is eyeing cuts to several undergraduate and graduate programs in an attempt to tackle its long-running budget deficit. The proposed changes, announced in a message posted on the VIU website, would see six programs suspended and 13 cancelled entirely. “We know that news like this can be unsettling,” reads the announcement, signed by acting president Emily Huner and acting provost and vice-president Claire Grogan.
VIU proposes program cuts in an effort to balance budget

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Hilary Angus

Vancouver Island University is eyeing cuts to several undergraduate and graduate programs in an attempt to tackle its long-running budget deficit. The proposed changes, announced in a message posted on the VIU website, would see six programs suspended and 13 cancelled entirely. “We know that news like this can be unsettling,” reads the announcement, signed by acting president Emily Huner and acting provost and vice-president Claire Grogan.
Sooke to hold summer byelection to fill vacant council seat

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Hilary Angus

Sooke residents will head to the polls on July 12 as the district seeks to fill a council seat left vacant by the election of former councillor Dana Lajeunesse to the provincial legislature. Lajeunesse resigned from council last November, following a successful campaign to represent Juan de Fuca-Malahat as an MLA. The District of Sooke announced the byelection on Monday.
Off ramp: Why it's important to plan for retirement from driving

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Hilary Angus

This is the second part of a two-part series. To read the first part, go to timescolonist.com/islander. When John Skinner received a letter from RoadSafetyBC informing him that his driver’s licence was being immediately cancelled because he’d been deemed medically unfit to drive, he found it impossible to accept. Skinner, 79, was a lifelong driver with no crashes on his record. He’d never considered that he would one day stop driving.
Off ramp: Recent crashes are raising questions about how we test senior drivers

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Hilary Angus

At Ricky’s All-Day Grill in a strip mall just off Ryan Road in Courtenay, a large front window is boarded over with plywood. The boards cover a gaping hole left by a Jan. 26 incident where an 89-year-old woman accelerated her vehicle from the parking lot, smashed through the window and came to rest in the dining room. The driver struck an employee, Aravinderpal Singh, sending him flying 10 feet across the room. Three months later, Singh has still not returned to work.
The 10 most common myths about cyclists

1 month ago | momentummag.com | Hilary Angus

PeopleForBikes once commissioned the US Bicycling Participation Study, a benchmark report on cycling participation across the US. Along with painting an encouraging picture of growth in rates of cycling nationwide, the report also collected valuable demographic data on all of these two-wheeled tricksters whizzing down the street. For many people, the demographics would be quite surprising.
Stop Everything You're Doing and Build a Bicycle Sidecar for Your Dog

2 months ago | momentummag.com | Hilary Angus

At the top of the pile of “best things I found on the Internet” is this: a set of DIY instructions for building a bicycle sidecar for your furry best friend. Courtesy of traverdose on Instructables, the retro-looking pooch-mobile can be yours for only a few sheets of metal and plywood, some nuts and bolts and odds and ends, and the rest of this afternoon and maybe a bit of tomorrow morning depending on how well you know your way around a toolbox.
With ‘Luminous Paths,’ Nanaimo looks towards a brighter future for the downtown

2 months ago | langaravoice.ca | Hilary Angus

Share By HILARY ANGUSA month-long winter arts festival encouraged Nanaimo residents to see downtown in a new light. Luminous Paths brought art, music and activities to downtown’s Maffeo-Sutton Park to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Nanaimo’s first council meeting. On its opening night on Jan.