Vancouver Island Pictures

By Greg Hluska

I recently spent a week on Vancouver Island and thought I would share some pictures from my trip. Read more »

Island II

By Greg Hluska

My time on the island is coming to an end – today is my last full day here. Tomorrow, my Dad and Stepmother are driving me to Nanaimo, where I’m meeting my friend Shawn for a coffee, then getting onto the ferry for the trip to Vancouver for a busy couple of days.

Leaving the island is bittersweet. While I am excited to get back to Regina to get our 2009 – 2010 season underway, I am going to miss my Dad a whole lot. I will miss my early morning jogs up the coast. And, I will miss drinking coffee on the shore, watching the waves roll in.

Island G

By Greg Hluska

I am in Campbell River, B.C. and will be here until Sunday, August 29.  After that, I am taking the ferry to Vancouver on a wee little work trip.  So, I will not be back in Regina until September.

The fisheries out here are an absolute mess and I am going to try to do some interviews while I am out here.  The salmon did not run this year and many boats cannot get permission to go out and fish.  Campbell River has had a harsh year.  Earlier this year, the pulp mill where my grandpa Walt worked was closed down.  And, with the fisheries in their current dire shape, things are only going to get worse.

The Island is a beautiful place, populated by the most amazing people I have ever been lucky enough to get to know.  Hopefully, the economy will recover.

Incidentally, we went on a long boat ride yesterday.  It was incredible – I took many, many pictures and will put some online soon.  We got to see some porpoises (porpi?), some sea lions, a few seals, and a whole wack of jellyfish.  What an incredible trip…..