Michelle Hueller

As an airplane pilot, Roy Wharton was best known for losing his passengers before the plane landed. But they kept coming back for more. Wharton, 60, is co-founder and owner of Pacific Airsports Skydiving and patriarch of the ParaPacific Skydiving Club, both of which operate … [Read more...] about Understanding the
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Chief Billy Assu was always ahead of his time. The progressive leader of the Cape Mudge First Nation not only ensured a residential school was never built in his community but, under his leadership, the Cape Mudge Village was the first area on Quadra Island to have running … [Read more...] about At the heart of Nuyumbalees

Wayne Bell has always been one-of-a-kind. From a young age, he was undertaking physical feats that his older siblings and cousins would shy away from and he could perform First Nations traditional dances that he was never taught. So it was no surprise that by five-years-old, … [Read more...] about Passing on the art of weaving

One man's path to a bigger, more lively and more interactive art experience There's a 1990 Nissan Pathfinder driving around our region with a matte black finish. A transparent pamphlet display unit hangs from the rear passenger side window. That pamphlet holder is full of chalk, … [Read more...] about Not all art hangs in galleries

In 2002, Mandy-Rae Cruickshank stopped breathing for more than six minutes. Instead of CPR, she was given a trophy. For nearly a decade, the 41-year-old Campbell River woman was among the pre-eminent female competitors in the extreme sport of freediving. She held seven world … [Read more...] about The World’s Deepest Woman