Lucretia Schanfarber, who lives on the remote edges of a tiny B.C. island plagued by shaky internet service, has launched free, weekly Zoom gatherings to inform, inspire and connect gardeners worldwide.

Over the weekend, health authorities revealed a number of positive cases of the faster-spreading U.K. COVID-19 variant at seven different schools in Surrey and Delta in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

Researcher Thierry Chopin has been pitching the ecological, economic and social benefits of farming seaweed and salmon together since the late 1990s. But, there won't be adoption of co-cultivation in salmon farming until there is regulatory change and financial incentive, he says.

The Strathcona Regional District board has decided not to pursue allegations of inside influence and the disqualification of the Cortes Island director Noba Anderson in court.