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Summer is here, and the supply of new blogs and bloggers continues:
Ujjal Dosanjh: The former BC premier and MP on politics. In Political Commentary.
Dani Duck: Artist Obscure: Aspiring picture book Illustrator and Writer. Blogging about my life, Author/Illustrator blog reviews. Sharing original art, poetry and stories. In Personal Blogs.
Fortune by Design: Financial blog for parents. Saving strategies and down to earth information about everything financial. Activities, colouring pages and family fun! In Personal Blogs.
The Write Mama: Based in the Tri-Cities, The Write Mama blogs on local issues, infertility, motherhood, Metro Vancouver events, reviews & giveaways. In Personal Blogs.
Keep Canada Green: Working to retain natural green areas in the city of Surrey, BC and Canada. In Community/Regional.
Ramesh Ranjan: Straight talk on sports, politics, and more. Now in Personal Blogs.
Fly & Nest: An account of my arts and crafting foray. In Personal Blogs.
hans peter meyer. Social media, technology, change. Now in Technology & Media.
Bon Vivant on Vancouver Island: Food, wine, and some lifestyle, focused on Vancouver Island. In Food & Drink.
Sointula Ripple: an all-volunteer online newsletter. Now in Community/Regional.
Keep an eye on the Politicians' blogs. We'll be updating them over the next few weeks to reflect the provincial election.
Want to see your B.C. blog on this list? Any other questions? See the bottom of the page for more information, or click here.
Advocacy BC: Social justice, social service news, information, and knowledge exchange.
Amalgamate Greater Victoria: For those who support amalgamation of some or all municipalities in the Greater Victoria area.
Antigone Magazine: Antigone's blog focuses on women, politics, women in politics and the politics of being a woman.
BC Arts News The latest news from B.C.'s arts, creative and cultural community.
Broughton Island Monitoring Plan: Information on sea lice monitoring, data sharing, research and results.
Car-Free Vancouver: News and tips for being car-free in the Lower Mainland.
Chain the Dogma: Beware of God! Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
Chris Corrigan: To collaborate, to organize, to find one another and make a difference in our communities, organizations and lives.
Collaborative Journeys: Finding ways to develop and support collaborative action in your organization.
Healing the Workplace: Challenges and opportunities in the contemporary workplace.
Homeless in Abbotsford, BC: Advocating for the homeless, addicted, mentally ill and poor.
Homeless Nation: The Internet's only site by, and for, homeless Canadians.
Hospitals and Privacy: Hospitals violate privacy rights.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: A drug policy reform blog co-authored by a B.C. police officer.
On the House: Opening doors for homeless youth.
Positive Aquaculture Awareness: to provide accurate inofrmation about B.C. aquaculture and to challenge myths about B.C. salmon farming.
Reeferlogic: Admit it, the drug war is a failure.
Save Our Salmon: Everything depends on the wild salmon.
Spiritually Speaking. A multi-faith community blog with various writers from Victoria and BC. The theme is spirituality and religion.
Voice of Gone Ballistic: Gone ballistic scenarios. Mostly angry. Activist by default.
Wild Salmon Are Sacred: The Get Out Migration.
Arsenalia: A blog about book publishing, maintained by Arsenal Pulp Press.
Cascadia's Fault: The coming earthquake and tsunami that could devastate North America.
Claudia Cornwall: News and insights from Claudia Cornwall, author of the recently published At the World’s Edge: Curt Lang’s Vancouver, 1937-1998.
GreatDismal: William Gibson on Twitter.
...theresa kishkan, writer: Living on the Sechelt Peninsula, I write about the creative process, my garden, the natural world, and travel.
KnowBC: The blog of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia.
Sarah Leavitt dot com: The blog for Sarah Leavitt, writer, editor and cartoonist.
Mimi Power and Magnifico: an author's blog: Book reviews, both adult and children, and notes on my own books and stories.
Mr. Vancouver: Celebrating the life and work of Chuck Davis and the progress of his last book.
Pioneers: Blogging the black pioneers of British Columbia.
Recovering Words: Focus on poetry and poets. And also poetry therapy for recovering addicts.
Reviews: What I've been reading for the past 60 years.
Virtues of War: Most things sci fi, inspired by a military sci fi novel published in September 2010.
Accent Inns: Sharing thoughts on running a B.C. business, community events, and worthy causes.
AL6400 Blog: Making, saving and investing money for business and personal finance.
The Boss of You: Everything a woman needs to know to start, run, and maintain her own business.
Blueprint: Fundraising news and views for nonprofits.
Brett’s Comox Valley Real Estate Market Blog: Brett blogs on the real estate process in BC and the Comox Valley Real Estate Market.
CareerByte: Tasty tips to guide your job search in a web 2.0 world.
Comox Valley Real Estate and Life in the Comox Valley.
The Consulting Life: General how and why information for management consultants.
Credit Cards Canada: Canada's resource for credit card news, reviews, and industry viewpoints.
From House to Home with Linda Cunliffe: Essentials for Fraser Valley women on the move.
Giving is Receiving: Celebrating nonprofits and businesses with a strong charitable mandate.
Andrew Hallam: About making the most of your investments, by best-selling personal finance author Andrew Hallam.
Exploring Kamloops: The challenges and opportunities in the contemporary workplace.
Donna Horn: Make things better; businesses more profitable, workplaces more effective, people happier.
HouseHunt Victoria: First-time home buyers wade into the Victoria market.
Marine Harvest Canada: Excellence in seafood.
MiniMax Media Blog: Exploring the history, context, influence, and perception of signs in the Victoria area.
Move to Nanaimo: Information about Nanaimo and area.
Paper Trails: Views on management practices and pitfalls, public and private.
Payment Processing with Payfirma: Payment processing, mobile payments and credit card transaction tips, hints and success stories for every business owner.
The Progressive Economics Forum
RobberStoppers Community Info Blog: Sharing crime tips, trends, and info on prevention.
Saul Good Blog: Stories from a sustainable business startup.
SEO Small Business: Scores of search engine optimization lessons and tutorials for small business owners.
Social Media and Small Business Tips: Many useful step by step instructions to assist beginners in seo and social media.
Tang Marketing and Communications: Tips on everything from social media to traditional marketing.
Tomorrow's Workplace: Research project and guide for the business workplace that features diversity.
Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive: Stories that highlight the personal and social effects of the Vancouver real estate boom and bust.
Victoria Real Estate Voice: Stories and articles about real estate in Victoria, BC.
Where We Go From Here: Rocketday's clients and their unique endeavours to imagine and create a diverse, vibrant, healthy and sustainable world.
Whispers from the Village on the Edge of the Rainforest
Yatter Matters: Vancouver real estate, neighbourhoods, and people.
604 Pulse: Exploring all the things to see and do in the Vancouver, Coast & Mountains region.
Aim High Salmon Arm: Discussing ideas that matter for Salmon Arm and the Shuswap.
AuthentiCity: The City of Vancouver's archives and holdings.
Bella Coola Blog: Life in the Bella Coola Valley and the Central Coast.
The Busy Catholic blog: The B.C. Catholic newspaper.
The Cedarwood Inn & Suites: Frequently updated blog about Sidney and Saanich Peninsula.
Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook: Concerned citizens trying to educate people about Smart Growth principles and civic issues.
The Cove Man: Life in Secret Cove, heart of the Sunshine Coast.
The Daily Gumboot: We collect ideas from everywhere and use them to build community.
Delta Nats Casual Birding: Results, with photos, of our weekly Monday morning outings. Newcomers welcome; information on blog.
East of Main: Providing an "East of Main" perspective on news, politics, entertainment, food and photography.
Esquimalt Review: An online magazine for Esquimalt's news and events.
Exploring Kamloops: Information about events, living local and everything wonderful about the city.
Exploring Kootenay Lake: The lake, the land, the birds and the history.
Every House Has a Story: The secrets of heritage houses.
Jesse Ferreras: Insights into events and developments in Sea to Sky.
Fraser Valley Pulse: Local businesses and things to do in the Fraser Valley.
Gabriolan: It's about life on Gabriola Island, BC.
The History of Metropolitan Vancouver: Chuck Davis's last great chronicle of the city.
I Live in East Van: Events, food, music, art and anything in between that we deem interesting within the community that is East Vancouver.
Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog: Nature writing and photography--all aspects of natural history from botany to birds.
Island Nature: Places to go on Vancouver Island to discover and experience nature.
Isle: Images of island life: A photo blog of life on Vancouver Island and the Discovery and Gulf Islands by writer-photographer Michelle Buchanan.
Keep Canada Green: Working to retain natural green areas in the city of Surrey, BC and Canada.
The Kootenay Network: News, classifieds, and dozens of local blogs.
Loose Moorings: Liveaboard life in Victoria Harbour.
MayneNews: Mayne Island community announcements and news.
Metro Vancouver Pulse: Local businesses and things to do in Metro Vancouver.
Mich's West Coast Journal: Stories from Vancouver Island.
Mid Island News: Sights and sounds from Mid Vancouver Island.
MtPleaseAunt - Views of the Hood: Observations about things taking place in the Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood of Vancouver.
My Boots N Me: Travel and photo information on places to visit around Vancouver.
My Maple Ridge: Daily posts on Maple Ridge events and culture, plus reviews and special features.
My Penticton: Photography of people and places.
My Year of Shopping Locally: For one year, starting October 1, I will shop only in New Westminster.
Nanaimo-Info-Blog.com: Your everything Nanaimo website.
New West Anglican Blog: Matters of faith and spirituality, the Anglican Church and well-known Anglicans past and present.
North Coast Review: Tracking developments on the North Coast of BC, with a focus on local politics and the economy of the region.
North Saanich Online: North Saanich news you won't find anywhere else.
Opinion 250: Your news, your views, now.
Pender Island Community Network: The website for people on Pender.
Postcards from Penelope Puddle: Photographic journal and commentary covering White Rock, Surrey, Vancouver and beyond.
A Powell River Photo Blog: All the things that make Powell River the pearl that it is.
The Ridge Blog: Tumbler Ridge B.C.'s news blog since October 2011.
Savage States: Photoblogging the more visually vigorous and unruly spaces of Vancouver.
ScrimpOrSplurge.ca: Unbiased, insider tips to help you enjoy the best of Victoria, British Columbia, and beyond...for less!
Sointula: Place of harmony.
Sointula Ripple: an all-volunteer online newsletter.
Sooke Community and Real Estate Blog: Community events, information, real estate, and more.
Tenth To The Fraser: About New Westminster, from 10th Ave to the Fraser River.
TimeTravelBC.com: All the best events happening around B.C.
Unknown Victoria: The secret history of B.C.'s capital city.
The V3H.com: The best of Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam.
Vancouver Island Big Trees: Save them before they're gone.
Vancouver Island Reviews: Highlighting local businesses, events, and photos.
Vancouver Latino: News, local events, music and more. Written in Spanish.
Vancouver Street Blog: Vancouver and our neighbourhoods, with pictures depicting what is happening.
Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)
wera: West End Residents Association.
White Rock Sun: Serving White Rock and South surrey.
WTF Langford?: Vancouver Island's hottest new celebrity gossip blog!
Yaletown Condo Living: What's currently happening in my neighbourhood, Yaletown/False Creek North.
Moh Chelali: Bilingual blog on education.
Conviviality: Teaching, learning, policy, and tools.
Culture of Yes: The blog of West Vancouver School Superintendent Chris Kennedy.
ReemaFaris.com: Thoughts of a West Vancouver school trustee.
From Curiosity to Knowledge: A guide to recreational learning.
The New School for Inspired Work: Inspiration for discovering your inspired work.
On Education: Schools for a civil society.
Personalizing Learning: Practical ideas for teachers and philosophical critique of the PL movement.
The Provocative Pedagogue: Reflections on the past, present and future of education.
SelfDesign: Learner-directed, enthusiasm-based education methodology.
Staffroom Confidential: Commentary on B.C. education policy from Tara Ehrcke, teacher and president of the Greater Victoria Teachers' Association.
Storytime Standouts: Raising children who love to read.
Student Finance 101: Helping you with your student loans.
Teacher Talk: Sharing and learning for better teaching together.
Adopt a small fry, save BC's wild salmon
BC Rainforest: Ecologue: Scientific findings, op-ed pieces and essays about British Columbia.
Bear Matters BC: Bears matter!
Building Bridges: An insider's view of water management in the Okanagan.
Connexions and Contradictions: Environmental and social justice issues.
Desmogblog.com: Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.
Farmed and Dangerous: Transforming B.C.'s salmon farming industry from destructive net-cage technology to sustainable closed-containment systems.
The Green Pages: B.C.'s environmental information portal.
GreenPolicyProf: Seeking insights into governance for sustainability.
Hummingbird604.com: Random thoughts of a specialist in environmental issues.
Heather Reid: Stories from an Island: A naturalist's romp around Vancouver Island taking time for the birds, flowers and other sights along the way.
Jude Isabella: Writing about science & the environment by a Tyee contributor.
Keep Canada Clean: Raising awareness and reducing litter in Surrey.
megawatt: British Columbia renewable energy blog.
Mind of Dan: Mainly issues of climate change and climate denialism.
Alexandra Morton: The science and politics of impact of salmon farms - join the conversation.
Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD: Environmental research, teaching & consulting.
project pipeline: Art + information.
Raincoast: To protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia.
Salmon Farm Science: Examining the science behind salmon farming, from a pro-aquaculture perspective.
Salmon Guy: How we relate to wild salmon and to people and places within us and around us.
Salmon Leaks: Highlights from key testimony and exhibits from the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of the Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.
Say the Names: Stories from the people on the route of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.
Solar Home Review: Information for homeowners on residential solar installation.
Species Blog: British Columbia's species at risk and what can be done to protect them.
TheXpress: Canadian citizens are the largest stakeholder group in Canada. I am one member, concerned about wild salmon loss.
This Green House: Building green in British Columbia.
water blogged: The latest ocean news, discoveries, and controversies - brought to you by Living Oceans Society.
Wild Salmon Circle: Join the circle, turn the tide.
Letters Home: Ian in Hamburg.
Life in the Deep South of France: Mostly, but not entirely, about cooking, eating, drinking, markets, festivals, exploring and glorying in life in general in this lesser-known part of France.
The Rebel Kind: Writing, politics, travel and music.
San Miguel Gringo: A real-time story unfolds as a couple of aging boomers escape to colonial Mexico from Ladysmith, B.C.
Fieldnotes: First Nations, anthropology, post-secondary teaching.
Northwest Coast Archaeology: The archaeology of BC and adjacent regions, as well as related topics in BC history, anthropology and museum studies.
Audrey needs more wooden spoons: Stirring up food, recipes, tips and the inside scoop on cooking classes in Victoria.
Bon Vivant on Vancouver Island: Food, wine, and some lifestyle, focused on Vancouver Island.
BC Beer Blog: The who, what where, when, why, and how of BC craft beer.
Breakfast in Vancouver: A weekly breakfast adventure to Vancouver's restaurants.
Chow Times: Suanne and Ben's Food and Travel Adventures from Vancouver, BC
The Culinary Adventures of a Greedy Guts: Follow the culinary adventures of Greedy Guts as she eats her way through Vancouver and her own kitchen experiments.
Diary of a Crazed Cook: A fully-loaded food blog filled with step-by-step recipes, 8000+ links – all served up with a side order of merriment!
EatDrinkVictoria: Free local dining guide for Victoria B.C. Includes reviews, ratings, menu recommendations, photos, videos and more!
The Flirty Foodie: The best of Vancouver Island and the world.
Food Beyond Hope: Personal reviews and opinions of restaurants in BC outside the GVA and Fraser Valley.
Fresh Savings: Grocery coupons and smart savings for the savvy Canadian shopper.
Go Haggis!: Food and travel.
Grocery Alerts: Grocery deals, product reviews, and printable coupons to help British Columbians save money.
Hella Delicious: Local food, global flavour. Food for health, peace, roots and community.
History of Drinking Establishments of British Columbia: A history of the hotels, beer parlours, road houses and pubs of British Columbia from 1851 to 2010.
iambic cafe: The poetry of food, with side helpings of urban agriculture, food justice and agro-environmental issues.
Korena in the Kitchen: Cooking, baking, and eating in Victoria, B.C.
Largely the Truth: Because life's too short to pay for boring food.
Lemon Savory: Focus on healthy eating, with some desserts thrown in.
Let Them Eat Cake! {and ice cream}: A blog about desserts, baking, candy, and life.
Life in the Lower Mainland: Personal blog of a foodie in the Lower Mainland -- mostly restaurant reviews.
Lip Smacking: A Vancouver Island-based food blog written by a professional chef and cooking instructor.
The Little Piggy: Food, wine and dining resources and commentary in Victoria, B.C.
Love of eating: Culinary adventures in a region that seems to be a culinary wasteland.
My Blog of Cheese: My gastronomic journey into from age -- one day at a time -- one cheese at a time.
Nancyland, Vancouver Foodie Fun
Noshwell: Where to eat in Raincity Vancouver
Not Crocker: Adorably styled food blog by Yukon-born and -raised Vancouverite.
Purple Kale: Food and other things I like.
Sweet on Veg.com: Delicious discoveries and magical inspirations.
Tasting Room Confidential: Mari Kane's Vancouver wine blog.
Thibeault's Table: A Vancouver Island, Cowichan Valley food/cooking blog where I share my love of cooking and recipes.
Tiny Bites: A food blog that explores all things edible and imbibable in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Trompe Chomp: Food oddities and delights, finding comedy in the everyday act of food.
Urban Vintner On-premise craft beer and wine making.
Victoria's Food Secrets: Foodie adventure in Vancouver, B.C. Mainly restaurant reviews, but also an occasional recipe.
The Well-Tempered Chocolatier: Combine in one bowl: one part food science, one part chocolate, and lots of delicious. Read daily.
What I Made for Dinner: Reader-contributed tales and recipes from cooking experiments gone (mostly) right.
Wine Encounters of the BC Kind: The best wines are the ones you really like! Discover some worthy choices to enjoy right here.
Your Restaurant Sucks: Documenting Victoria's worst restaurants, but also revealing some of the city's gastronomical gems.
ApollineR: Coups de coeur d'une curieuse éclectique.
B.C. Salmon Farmers Association Hot Topics: Great people. Great salmon.
The Farmer's Stand: Thoughts on farming in the Gulf Islands and beyond.
A Green Hearth: Two families on one piece of land, this sustainable living blog explores building a home, a farm, and a community one seed at a time.
Hortophile - My New Garden: The development of my new garden with an emphasis on growing food and urban chickens.
Howling Duck Ranch: A city gal learns to grow, gather, raise, fish, and hunt for and preserve food while extracting herself from ‘The System.’
Just Another Weedpatch: Transforming an old hay field into a productive organic agroforestry demonstration site.
Stellar Seeds: News about our organic farm and seed company. We are a young couple farming in the West Kootenays and blog about the crops and seeds we grow, and the animals we raise.
Sweet Rock Farm: Thoughts and photos about small farming in the Gulf Islands.
Up your alley: Vancouver's official LGBT blog covering news, events, entertainment and pop culture.
Wet Coast Women: A blogging community for West Coast women.
Alpenglowpro: A visual / mental exploration and discovery of places less traveled or noticed in B.C. and western Canada.
Bijou Living: An idiosyncratic mix of fashion, interiors, design and culture.
Country Mouse Studio: The home of artist Carole Barkett, wildlife artist .
designKULTUR: Design, culture + environment.
Existential Existence: A Photoblog of Michael Rawluk's Journey through Life.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured: Ian Hampton's daily cartoons/drawings/portraits on themes cultural, comical, current and political.
SD Jackson Digital Studio: An exploration of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
S.D. Jackson Photography: Photos from my journeys around the Pacific Northwest.
Mosses from an old manse: A blog from Nanaimo.
Meandering in Lotus Land: Photos of the mundane and the marginally interesting in Vancouver, B.C.
Sitt: A design blog that is filled with simple and affordable tips for improving your home.
Splinter in Your Eye: The motif is largely Vancouver, B.C. in transition.
Vancouverish: Capturing the life of Vancouver and B.C. through photographs.
Vancouver Versus Vancouver: A city divided by photos.
Nathan Veldhoen: Art, design, training , photography, and building.
Vintage Air Photos of British Columbia: Vancouver as it once was, seen from the air.
CarinCaron's Counselling Blog: Caron Smith discussing counselling: topics include anxiety, relationships, LGBT, communication, mindfulness, stress, and relaxation.
Diversified Health Clinic: Victoria-based health clinic, updated once or twice a week with health tips.
H5N1: News and resources about infectious diseases: flu, dengue, TB, malaria, cholera.
Health Connection: Bringing diversity to the conversation on health.
Heart Sisters: All about women and heart disease -- our #1 killer.
Mothering Touch: We offer advice for expectant mothers and new parents in Victoria and the region.
Need2: Suicide prevention, education, & support.
Quips and Tips for Couples Coping With Infertility: Infertility is ugly, but doesn't have to kill our spirits or wreck our dreams.
SportMedBC Blog: Promoting sport health on the strength of the best people, best practices and best programs.
Wildlives: Natural health for a processed world.
Aviation Law Blog: Recent developments in Canadian aviation law and other topics of interest to the aviation industry.
Dinning Hunter: Law blog in Victoria, B.C.
Juricana: Looks at some of the draconic legislation that has been passed by the B.C. Liberal government.
West Coast Environmental Law: Commentary and discussion on emerging environmental law issues that affect British Columbia.
100 Days -- Make it Count! Dedicated to eating healthy, and losing weight naturally by abandoning packaged food and eating like a normal weight person.
The Active Life: Fitness and nutrition tips from a Vancouver-based strength and wellness coach.
All Natural Pet Care: Natural & holistic pet care information, news, recipes, animal welfare, and business. All pets, from fish to farm.
As Is Where Is: Two Vancouver-based artists renovate a 1940s house in a small coastal town on the cheap.
Birch + Bird: We are Lily + Rachel, friends, moms, wives and vintage junkies searching for treasures for our homes and yours as well.
Blended Fabric Quilts/Good Earth Quilting: Reusing clothing in all sorts of projects is good for the environment.
Carpe Diem Acreage: A family of four trying to improve our lifestyle by living a more simple life.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Reader-contributed stories of change and transformation that result when life is lived as a daily adventure.
Cold Water Diver: Original scuba diving articles and photographs.
Every Little Thing: Home decor and design, especially upcycled home furnishings and sustainable living.
flourpower: Things I make and do.
GranPaparazzi: Documenting senior fashion and paying homage to our elders.
Ion Magazine: A Vancouver art, fashion, music and culture magazine.
The Mighty Fit Grasshopper: The truth about dietary supplements and natural health products.
Miss Cathie: Lifestyle, fashion and travel/adventure blog, with interviews of Canadian personalities/celebrities.
Ms Exile in Paradise: My philosophy of creativity.
Nesting: The journal: All things home and garden.
Not Buying Anything: Learning to live better with less.
Pin-up Glam to Groovy Kitsch: About vintage and indie fashion from the gorgeous to the downright weird.
Sea to My Heart: Home decor, giving facelifts to free/low-cost items found at garage sales and thrift shops.
Self, Improved: Strategies for self-improvement with equal doses of humour, humility and wit.
Spa Girl: Relax, rejuvenate, and restore.
Stimuli Magazine: Lifestyle magazine for women: Great finds in fashion, beauty, health, home decor, and more.
Style Lounge: Home decor tips and the latest style finds and fast fixes to spruce up your pad.
this time ~ this space: Personal development, growth and relationships blog.
Urban Yarns: The knitters' blog.
Waterborne - A Live-Aboard Blog
Wing Tsun Kung Fu Vancouver Blog: Self-defence and confidence; changing lives, one punch at a time.
Kemila Zsange Hypnotherapy & Counselling: A Vancouver Hypnotherapist observes and explores human conditions and belief mechanism and writes everything about our universe within.
Green Briefs: A review of green issues, products, messaging and spin in the growing field of sustainability marketing.
The Ethical Nag: Marketing medical ethics for the easily swayed.
Internet Marketing Tips: Internet marketing firm Collabo shares tips for small business owners.
Lovely Package: The leading source for the very best that package design has to offer.
Lovely Stationery: Curating the very best stationery design.
B.C. Bloggers: Blog aggregator and directory for British Columbians.
The Vancouver Blogger Meetup Group
Canada Genealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt': Canadian Genealogy & Women's History: Current Ideas, Information & Projects.
Tom Hawthorn's Blog: Human-interest columns and obituaries by a Victoria-based freelancer.
Life as a Human: The weird, wonderful, challenging, funny and poignant experience of being human.
The Phantom Self: A case for conceptual reform.
Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Goals: Where inspirational quotations meet practical life tips, and live happily ever after.
Relevant Woodworking: Woodworking as it pertains to art and manufacturing.
Best Chinese Culture Show in Vancouver
GungHaggisFatChoy: Asian Canadian adventures in intercultural Vancouver.
The Ugly Chinese Canadian: Chinese flavoured Canadians, round eye apologists, unsung heroes, and happenings around town, eh.
Climbing out of the Dark into the conservative light (Alberta): An attempt to raise issues that impact families, or ones that just plain bug me!
The Daily Score (Washington State): Northwest news that matters.
Dennis Mansfield.com (Idaho): Progressive Conservatives: Creating "less bark, more wag" in all of us.
A Family Runs Through It (Washington State): A stay-at-home dad writes about parenting, homeschooling, and family life.
43rd State Blues (Idaho): Blue-shifting the Gem State, one blog entry at a time.
Horsesass.org (Washington State): Politics as (un)usual.
Left in the West (Montana): Views from Dry Land Democrats.
Media Relations in Canada (Alberta)
The Mudflats: Tiptoeing through the muck of Alaskan politics.
Nick's Café Canadien (Alberta): Of all the gin joints in all the sites on all the web...
NW Republican (Washington State): Where Republicans in the Pacific NW can come to share ideas.
John Prince (Crowsnest Pass) Blog (Alberta): "To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."
Washblog: Reality-based discourse on Washington State.
Werner Patels - A Dose of Common Sense (Alberta): An opinion on everything.
The Bonus Track: All things music-related, including classic albums, new releases, and local concerts.
Gypsy Rumor: The Vancouver Flamenco scene.
Jou Tou and Silk Road Music: About two of Vancouver's best world-music groups.
Music That Resonates: A music discovery blog curated by a taste filter born in the '80s.
Plank Magazine: Spanking the ass of culture.
UnNomdeGuerre Media: Vancouver-based Canadian music, film and fashion blog.
Victoria Conservatory of Music: Rhythm & News: School news, concert info, contests and all manners of musical content.
Year of the Rat: Victoria, BC rock band Year of the Rat maintains this blog about their band, but more generally about life in an indie rock band. Also, music reviews abound.
Anodyne: Working diary of a Vancouver-based bookseller, art critic, contrarian investor, occasional mountaineer, and irregular photographer.
ApollineR: Favourites of a curious eclectic.
Being Mrs. Miles: And loving every minute of it!
Shawn Bird: Teacher and author.
Dan With a Twist: Local lawyer, writer and actor Danielle Lemon (aka Danwithatwist) writes about local food, businesses and political issues from her perch in the newly gentrified section of the Downtown East Side.
Delicious Juice Dot Com Unapologetically inappropriate content since 2001.
Mike DeWolfe: Local politics, goals, technology and weight loss -- stuff that gets my attention.
Doug's Delightful Domicile: A portal to food, humour, art, politics and more.
Doug's Dynamic Drivel: Examining the detritus of modern society.
Dani Duck: Artist Obscure: Aspiring picture book Illustrator and Writer. Blogging about my life, Author/Illustrator blog reviews. Sharing original art, poetry and stories.
Earthabridge: Immersed in the literary and visual arts.
Elaborately mundane message: Traditional photography, fragmented poetry; mindless ramblings and reviews of comics, with the occasional original work of art.
Everyone wants to be a Roste: Try to keep up.
Fly & Nest: An account of my arts and crafting foray.
Fortune by Design: Financial blog for parents. Saving strategies and down to earth information about everything financial. Activities, colouring pages and family fun!
From the Sidelines: Just my view from the sidelines in many aspects of life.
Grevelingblog: News, views, religion, and 1/25 scale modelling.
Monica Hamburg - Your Dose of Lunacy
A Home Revised: Our journey through a 1912 home renovation.
Hotspring Lodge: Events and musings from an historic off the grid rural property.
HUnter 4086: Death, writing, fungus, doom, and trying to hang on to our disappearing analog past.
John Speaks: A place of poetry, activism, religion, politics, humor and the occasional shanty.
Katie Hyslop: One young journalist's foray into social justice reporting in B.C.
The Idler: Short letters on anything and everything written to the Reader in an old style.
If By Yes: The musings of an introverted bookworm dog trainer turned mother.
I'm a Sonic Boomer: Musings of a 60 plus boomer who realizes that our views and idea are important to building a just society.
I Hath: From the land of Arabian nights comes a storyteller of a different kind.
The Imperceptible Immigrant: Coming to Victoria from the UK, hopefully by 2014.
Ji Won: News about Ji Won Park and her family.
John Speaks: A place of poetry, activism, religion, politics, humor and the occasional shanty.
The Kootenay Ranger: A mixture of Zane Grey and John Henry Newman.
Learning To news: Hoping to learn about living, writer and meditation teacher Neil McKinlay explores the intersection of everyday life and human spirituality.
Lost Ironies: A mental health recovery narrative, consisting of humour and prose, written by a Vancouver person with bipolar disorder.
The Many Misadventures of Madam Cass: Documenting my move from Alberta to B.C.
Me, and my imaginary friend: No small talk here! No chit chat, no time-filling, soul-wasting blather. Smilies are good.
michellebuchanan.ca changing focus: Commentary, lifestyle, news, and more.
Mirabilis.ca: An eclectic assortment of stuff: food, archaeology, fun, books, history, geekery, etc.
My Park Life: Looking for a place to happen.
Maple Leaf Rag: Stuff that matters in Vancouver: sporting, cultural, political.
Nicky's Space: Living in Steveston BC with a camera in my hand and words in my head.
No Nails in My Coffin: An imported furnituremaker's bench-eye view of Canadian and BC culture, life and politics.
No Right Angle: The blog of John Maclachlan Gray.
No Strings Attached: Laila Yuile on politics and life in BC.
Observations of a Student: Adrian Corscadden: Science, technology, atheism, humour.
Out on the Big Limb: One of those blogs that go all over the place.
Penelope Puddlisms: BC Life is a Whale of a Ride. Perspectives from above and beneath my umbrella. In Personal Blogs.
Port Coquitlam Odysseus: Port Coquitlam, Classics, Culture, and the Confessions of a Returned Expat.
Ramesh Ranjan: Straight talk on sports, politics, and more.
Relics and Tales: True adventure stories.
Saige Wisdom: Lessons learned from life, love, and my little ones.
Saltwater & Rain: A visual and literary archive(ing) of the Pacific Northwest.
The Show So Far: Culture, landscape, and plant propagation paragraph
strocel.com: Parenting, life with kids, maternity leave, and finding balance as a mom.
This Pilgrim's Progress: A journal of my Christian walk since moving to and living in B.C.
Piper Winston: Vancouver life through the eyes of a 20 something. Art, photography, music, recipes and DIY crafting projects/household tips.
The Write Mama: Based in the Tri-Cities, The Write Mama blogs on local issues, infertility, motherhood, Metro Vancouver events, reviews & giveaways.
Yam Bird: What small things can sometimes tell about a bigger story.
2010 Gold Rush: News and views on Vancouver 2010 (and beyond) from Bob Mackin.
BC Blue: One BC Conservative's view on it all...
BC Election 2013: BC political analysis leading to the May 14, 2013 election.
BC Iconoclast: My iconoclastic look at all manner of politics.
B.C. Policy Perspectives: The web log of Mark Crawford, a political scientist and writer who is currently an assistant professor at Athabasca University.
BC Politica: Keep your government honest, ask the questions, demand the answers, force the truth.
Bridging the Income Gap: Why inequality is hazardous to your health.
Bob Broughton's Blog: British Columbia, Canada, and US politics.
Michael Byers on Politics: Let's define our "Intent for a Nation."
CityCaucus.com: Civic issues for urban minds.
Community of Interest: From the Vancouver Sun.
Cowichan Conversations: A centre-left political blog focusing on B.C. and the Cowichan Valley.
Currents: Vancouver blogger Jonathan Narvey writes about current affairs, politics, media trends and life on Canada's west coast.
CoffeeCrew Blog: Issues that frustrate Canadians.
D'Arcy McGee: Canadian and British Columbia politics.
CPS-Vancouver: As a 91-year old-social activist I present my view and/or informational copies on national and international news.
Doris's Blog: Explorations in Blogland.
Feminist Christian Socialist: The name says it all.
Terry Glavin: Chronicles & Dissent.
How Bad is the Record?: Holding the government's feet to the fire.
An Insurrection of One: Political rants and (sometimes) raves from the Comox Valley.
Jaded Ram: Ex-Liberal insider James Plett has highly informed insights into the state of the body politic.
Jpolsblog: Jason Morris, a political scientist at UNBC, teaches and writes on B.C. and Canadian politics.
Just Right: Classical liberal with a conservative bent.
Keeping It Real (Harvey Oberfeld)
Langley Politics Dotcom: Langley's longest-running and most popular Town Hall forum.
Let Freedom Rain: Progressive politics and culture.
ManifestDestinyCanada: How the economic and political ambitions of the United States will change the essential character of Canada.
Maple Leaf Rag: For what matters in Vancouver.
The Mud Report: Some of the important issues of our times from a ground up perspective.
Norman’s Spectator (Norman Spector)
No Strings Attached: Laila Yuile on politics and life in B.C.: "The truth has no agenda."
Northern Insights: Random thoughts on politics, people and public affairs from a lifelong resident of Canada's west coast.
Oldtown News: My look at the issues of our Oldtown neighborhood and other political news.
The Ryan Painter Show. Bold political commentary with a progressive agenda.
Paying Attention (Paul Willcocks)
Garrett Petersen's Blog: Observations on Economics and Society.
Policy Note: A progressive take on BC issues.
Politics Respun: De-spinning the political, and re-spinning it for social, political, and environmental justice.
Public Eye Online (Sean Holman)
Rafe Mair Online: Canada's best-known political commentator.
Right Perspective: A political commentary, with the right perspectives.
Scary Fundamentalist: Political and social commentary from a SoCon perspective.
Secrets of Vancouver: Where being conservative means you'll need to keep it a secret.
Song of the Watermelon: A blog of politics, literature, and Oxford commas.
State of Vancouver (Frances Bula)
The Straight Goods: Political punditry, a little humour, opinion, and some hard-hitting stories.
Strategic Thoughts (David Schreck)
Alex G. Tsakumis: Rebel with a clause.
Unambiguously Ambidextrous: Independent thinking since 1974 (and 1947)
Unionman: Trials and tribulations of a union rep and a whole lot more.
Camila Vallejo in English: Tracking Chile's political phenomenon.
Velocity: A multi-author blog where Millennials take charge and prove the experts wrong.
The Well Intentioned Loudmouth: Arjun Singh - interested in people, politics, and the Internet in Kamloops, BC Canada.
Wheat from the Chaff: Politics, the economy, the media, and political philosophy.
Gordon F. D. Wilson's Blog: By the former Liberal Party leader and NDP cabinet minister.
Alex Atamanenko: NDP MP (BC Southern Interior)
Donna Barnett: Liberal MLA (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
Raj Chouhan: NDP MLA (Burnaby-Edmonds)
Coleman Country: Keep track of what Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA Rich Coleman is doing, at home and in Victoria.
Kathy Corrigan: NDP MLA (Burnaby-Deer Lake)
Don Davies: NDP MP (Vancouver Kingsway)
Libby Davies: NDP MP (Vancouver East)
Mike de Jong: Liberal MLA (Abbotsford West)
Adrian Dix: NDP MLA (Vancouver-Kingsway) and leader of the New Democratic Party.
John Duncan: Conservative MP (Vancouver Island North)
Hedy Fry: Liberal MP (Vancouver Centre)
Cairine Green: Councillor for North Saanich.
Nina Grewal: Conservative MP (Fleetwood-Port Kells)
Russ Hiebert: Conservative MP (South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale)
Vicki Huntington: Independent MLA (Delta South)
Peter Julian: NDP MP (Burnaby-New Westminster)
Maurine Karagianis: NDP MLA (Esquimalt-Royal Roads)
Richard T. Lee: Liberal MLA (Burnaby North)
Norm Macdonald: NDP MLA (Columbia River-Revelstoke)
James Moore: Conservative MP (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam)
Joyce Murray: Liberal MP (Vancouver Quadra)
Denise Savoie: NDP MP (Victoria)
Andrew Saxton: Conservative MP (North Vancouver)
Chuck Strahl: Conservative MP (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon)
Alice Wong: Conservative MP (Richmond)
canucks & beyond: odds & ends from the nhl.
The Fifth Quarter (Lowell Ulrich)
Har Journalist's Sports Blog: a local writer (and die-hard Canucks fan) on all kinds of sports from all over.
Raw Meat Vancouver: For women who want to learn roller skating and roller derby skills, and have fun.
Roar of One: A B.C. view of the world of sports.
Running Overdose: Two young women with a running problem, looking for a more balanced lifestyle. Suggest a non-running challenge for us!
Vancouver Sports News and Events
BlueFur Blog: From gadgets to marketing to programming, we have the right mix for you.
Cyberbuzz: The convergence of new and old media.
Doctor Arkanoid - Revelations from the Inner Sanctum! Making sense of video games.
Gravit-E Blog: Insights on business automation.
Intuitech - NGOs & Tech: How best to use this stuff and other thoughts.
hans peter meyer. Social media, technology, change.
Question Everything: A tech startup devoted to peace, freedom and fun.
Screaming White Hot Electric Guitars
Sparkplug 9: Technology, social media, and local search.
Those DeWolfes Creative: We're Victoria-based developers and trainers who talk tech and the impact on people's lives.
The Wired Reporter: Issues facing today's digital journalists. Blog sponsored by SFU's New Media Journalism Program.
The Buzzer Blog: The web companion to the TransLink Buzzer newsletter.
Cycle Write Blog: Jean Chong's personal blog on cycling.
The Livable Blog: Making our communities better places to live and grow.
Rail for the Valley: The Fraser Valley needs rail service NOW!
Stephen Rees’s blog: Thoughts about the relationships between transport and the urban area it serves.
Third Wave Cycling Blog: Cycling for transportation, community sustainability, and lifestyle.
West Coast Ferries Forum: A "community blog" forum about BC Ferries issues, news, photos, history, controversies, etc.
Asia Pacific Memo: Accessible scholarly knowledge about contemporary Asia.
Cascadia Kids: Family-friendly travel in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.
Expat Travels: From Switzerland to Canada
Leavetown Blog:Articles on travel, skiing, activities and local escapes.
My Heart Was Made to Travel. The places I have visited and would love to visit, and some inspiration thrown into the mix.
Nakwakto Rapids Tours: Eco tourism blog based in Port Hardy.
the travelling mom: A modern mom's guide to travel sanity with your family.
Why India? Vignettes swept out from under the carpet.
Ask the English Teacher: Questions and answers about English usage.
The Chimera: Vancouver former television writer tangles with world of epublishing, and arm-wrestles creative muses.
Glossolalia Flash Fiction: An online flash fiction journal.
The Love Story Project: Memoir, memory, family mythology and love stories, by writer Mandy Len.
Periodically.org: Vague attempts at humour and alarmingly incoherent fiction.
Plain Language in Plain English: Updates and opinions from international contributors to the book Plain Language in Plain English.
Poetic Edits: Interviews with B.C. and Canadian poets about their craft.
Quips and Tips for Successful Writers: Where writing quotations meet practical writing advice. And live happily ever after.
Slim Volumes: Poetry by Phil Rees.
Spread It Like a Roll of Nickels
Write a Novel: An online guide for fiction writers.
Writers' Choice Reviews: Free monthly book review newsletter.
Writing Fiction: Discussion on writing and publishing novels and short fiction.
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