Tag Archives: Victoria

Vancouver Island Booksellers Operating During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Shanon Sinn

The following Vancouver Island bookstores are selling books online or by phone (free local delivery for some) while Covid-19 social restrictive measures are in place: Munro’s Books (Victoria) Bolen Books (Victoria) Russell Books (Victoria) Ivy’s Bookshop (Victoria) – now open … Continue reading →

Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could Be Genocide

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

An increase in tanker traffic could be the death of the Coast Salish people, not an oil spill. A review of the Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth testimony presented to the National Energy Board of Canada.

Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged Amelia Douglas, Burnaby, Burrard Inlet, Coal Tyee, Coast Salish, Federal Court of Appeal, First Nations oral history, Folklore, genocide, Georgia Strait, Governor Douglas, Isabella Ross, Juan de Fuca Strait, Kwantlen, Lummi, Lyackson, Maanulth, Musquem, Nanaimo, NDP, Nuu-chah-nulth, oil industry, oil spill, Olympic Peninsula, oral history, pipeline, Puget Sound, Romeo Saganash, Salish Sea, seattle, Shxw'owhamel, Snuneymuxw, Squamish, Sto:lo Collective, Sto:lo Tribal Council, Stz'uminus, Suquamish, Swinomish, TMX, transmountain, Transmountain Pipeline, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tsleil-Waututh, Tudeau Government, Tulalip, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Washington State, West Coast, yellow jacket movement, yellow vest, yellow vest movement | 2 Comments

The Haunting of Vancouver Island: Book Trailer and Giveaways

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Shanon Sinn

It’s officially Halloween, and The Haunting of Vancouver Island is one year old! And what better way to celebrate, than by sharing it with the rest of the world through a short, but deadly sweet, book trailer. There will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged #thehauntingofvancouverisland, All Hallows Eve, Amazon, Barbara Smith, BC Bestseller, Bolen Books, Chapters, Davide Cozsi, Ghost Tarot, giveaway, giveaways, Great Canadian Ghost Stories, Halloween, Indigo, Munros Books, Nanaimo, Ouija, Samhain, Shanon Sinn, Strong Nations, supernaturalism, The Haunting of Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Winter Solstice | 4 Comments

Victoria is Haunted

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Shanon Sinn

Join Ian Gibbs and me for the Victoria is Haunted event on October 26th at Russell Books in Victoria. Doors will be open at 7 pm. Ian and I will be reading ghost stories, meeting readers, and signing books. As the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged book reading, Ian Gibbs, Russell Books, Shanon Sinn, The Haunting of Vancouver Island, TouchWood Editions, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Victoria's Most Haunted | Leave a comment

My First Transmountain Pipeline Protest

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Shanon Sinn

On May 31st I went to Victoria to photograph–and participate in–a Transmountain Pipeline protest. I overheard a reporter saying there were 700 people. At its peak, there could have been 1000. The protest was in response to the controversial purchase/bailout of the Kinder … Continue reading →

Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged British Columbia, First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous Lives Matter, Transmountain Pipeline, trudeau, Vancouver Island, Victoria | 1 Comment

March 31st Langford Signing: Happy Haunted Easter

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Shanon Sinn

Join Ian Gibbs and me at Coles Westshore in Langford on Saturday, March 31st from 12-2:00. Personally, I can’t think of a better way to welcome the spring season than by having this Happy Haunted Easter event.