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Backyard rinks,

swimming & Jenna Inglis! Hello, good people of Haida Gwaii. This week, I had the good fortune of skating and playing a bit of shinny at Don Hancock’s backyard rink in Tlell. I know that many people also had the good fortune to skate at Swan

Behn Cochrane · Feb 23, 2025

Sandspit Shingle

Bill Rieger: Anchored in Sandspit

Good day to the good people of Sandspit and throughout Haida Gwaii. No public service announcements from me this week. I haven’t seen anyone speeding through the playground zone lately, and the RCMP have installed a radar sign and have been

Behn Cochrane · Feb 1, 2025

Sandspit Shingle

Taking flight with Peter Grundaman

Last week, I spent a few days patrolling the playground speed zone in front of my house in Sandspit. I’ve lived there for many years, and I watch drivers, mostly people coming off the daily flight, speed through the school playground zone t

Behn Cochrane · Jan 18, 2025

Sandspit Shingle

Jessica Mai on Art, Music, and Life in Sandspit

When I was 13, I started my first job as a dishwasher at the Sandspit Inn. I can remember mopping the floors after late Saturday chicken wing nights, Sunday morning shifts where I was barely awake, and the meagre paycheques I started to rec

Behn Cochrane · Jan 3, 2025

Sandspit Shingle

Words of Judy Whaley

When I was a kid, my mom took a turn, amongst a few other writers, at authoring “The Sandspit Shingle” for “The Observer” newspaper. I remember being pretty proud that my mom was a reporter, and I always remembered her skill as a writer gro

Behn Cochrane · Dec 19, 2024