This is Vancouver Island

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Episodes: 44

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Islanders - this is a podcast for you. Life on Vancouver Island isn’t all sunset strolls and forest bathing - it can be frustrating, isolating, and expensive. We're going to talk about the good, the bad, and everything in between. Hosted by Kathryn Marlow, every Tuesday.


Episode Date
A 35-year-long thank you and other wholesome moments of kindness
Dec 24, 2024
Hear B.C.'s new public safety minister respond to safety concerns in Nanaimo
Dec 17, 2024
An island's quest to get rid of its deer
Dec 10, 2024
A new way to tell B.C. Ferries what you think? (And an end to Ferry Advisory Committees)
Dec 03, 2024
Secrets of living with long power outages
Nov 26, 2024
Should we move to the island from Alberta?
Nov 19, 2024
Could Langford and the West Shore separate from Greater Victoria?
Nov 12, 2024
How to feel good about the rain
Nov 05, 2024
Why the Island is a great place for ghost stories
Oct 29, 2024
Let’s celebrate some of the island’s many authors
Oct 22, 2024
It's voting time. Are you ready?
Oct 15, 2024
Another Victoria music venue is closing. Now what?
Oct 08, 2024
Did you feel it? Why it helps researchers when you report earthquakes
Oct 01, 2024
What makes islanders vote?
Sep 24, 2024
Kady Dandeneau reps Pender Island at the Paralympics
Aug 27, 2024
Catching up on Vic PD’s Pandora safety plan
Aug 13, 2024
Canadians are buying less beer: a look at how craft breweries on the Island are adapting.
Jul 16, 2024
POD SHARE: Why does France like Saskatchewan's mustard so much?
Jul 09, 2024
The best (and worst) of summer on the Island
Jul 02, 2024
Victoria isn’t afraid of nitty-gritty, gender-bending drag
Jun 25, 2024
We love the Island for its independent bookstores
Jun 18, 2024
Women's sports are dominating, and they are here to stay
Jun 11, 2024
Would you put carrot slices on a bagel?
Jun 04, 2024
How to recharge your soul in the Comox Valley
May 28, 2024
The cost of living on the island can leave you feeling stranded
May 21, 2024
What would a dream music venue look like in Victoria?
May 14, 2024
What else is as iconic as London Drugs?
May 07, 2024
Is the Sunshine Coast Trail too perfect?
Apr 30, 2024
POD SHARE: Why are so many Montreal apartments rented without appliances?
Apr 23, 2024
Is it weird to love a tree?
Apr 16, 2024
Sictoria? Vaanich? The Victoria-Saanich Amalgamation discussion is finally about to begin
Apr 09, 2024
The Salish Sea doesn’t care about international borders
Apr 02, 2024
Learning traditional and cultural skills, plus English and social studies, while out on the land
Mar 26, 2024
What makes immigrants choose greater Victoria as their new home?
Mar 19, 2024
How to rewild an industrial space
Mar 12, 2024
Do small towns really need councils?
Mar 05, 2024
Giselle Vriesen's debut novel is set on the Island, but mixes mythologies from around the world
Feb 27, 2024
Pender Island: wheelchair basketball hotspot?!
Feb 20, 2024
The business of making art on the island
Feb 13, 2024
How to feel good about the rain
Feb 06, 2024
Could this be the beginning of Greater Victoria's light rail dream?
Jan 30, 2024
Working together to bring W̱SÁNEĆ culture back to Mayne Island
Jan 23, 2024
Islanders and ferries: A love-hate relationship
Jan 16, 2024
Introducing: This is Vancouver Island
Jan 16, 2024