I am currently on holiday in Portugal and have been unable to locate any B.C. brews (or even Canadian) to sample and so I have selected as Brew of the Week a beer that is popular in Portugal and available in British Columbia. San Miguel is can be found on tap and in bottles in [...]

Last week I wrote about how wineries in Manitoba and Ontario had complained to the Liquor Control Board about B.C. wineries selling their wines to private individuals in those provinces. Apparently this is illegal under the antiquated 1928 Liquor Act. B.C. wineries can ship their wines to individuals in the U.S. of A and around [...]

Victoria is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Too bad it is run by a City Council that can’t seem to keep it clean and safe. Instead of addressing the problem of beggars on every downtown corner the council decides to tackle business people engaged in legal trade.  Victoria wants to shut [...]

When I was a kid I was a Saskatchewan Roughrider fan and my hero was Quarterback Ronnie Lancaster. Twenty years later I was working as a stringer and covering the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League for United Press Canada. As a result I got an invitation to the CFL playoff dinner and there [...]

I had to make an airport run with Maggie to Vancouver last weekend and was hoping to get a ride on one of the new “Coastal” ferries but no such luck. The Spirit of Vancouver Island (one of the old ‘new’ ferries) was quite crowded so we made our way to the Seawest Lounge where [...]

Merlot has been around since 1784 but I only discovered it a few years ago. My brother and I were having steak dinner at a hockey game in Vancouver’s GM Place. When the wine came Randy complained, “Reg, this is a merlot and I ordered a burgundy.” I said, “Randy, just drink it. We’re at [...]