Qualicum Beach's Ronald Laidman recently plunged into ice-cold water to mark a new year for the 45th time. He started the ...

So, equipped for scuba, my diving partner and I leave the shelter of a bay called God's Pocket at the north end of Vancouver Island and turn ... drain with the ebb tide into Queen Charlotte ...

While I’m already familiar with Parksville and Qualicum Beach (my dad used to live there), I was eager to have my best friend see why these two convivial cities on Vancouver Island’s eastern ...