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Lonely planet q
Ryk Tataryn’s drone photo of qathet from the air above the mouth of Tis’k w at.
EDITOR’S MESSAGE
PIETA WOOLLEY
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As soon as Ryk Tataryn sent me the image that appears on this month’s cover, I fell in love with it. qathet from above, Tis’k w at and the Mill in the centre, the whole region floating like its own planet in an ocean of water and clouds.
Often, it feels like we’re alone on our own beautiful Planet qathet, far away from other cities and other realities. But throughout this month’s issue of qathet Living, I am reminded that we share the same big questions and big struggles as many other places.
For example, in publisher Isabelle Southcott’s first installment of her series on crime "More chaos, Less patience", it’s becoming clear that what we’re experiencing is common across BC. In fact, the president of Save-on-Foods wrote an open letter in late September, published in the Globe & Mail, asking for politicians to take crime seriously, as his front-line workers have endured significant violence and shoplifting this year.
Local elections, too, are province-wide October 15, so five million of us are hashing over our collective issues at campaign events, over dinner and online. (See our article "Get ready to vote")
"Who should benefit from our resources" is a question Bob Williams pointedly asks us (covered in this issue by Robert A. Hackett), but is also being asked across Canada and indeed, the whole world. Extreme storms, too, are a coast-to- coast phenomenon (see our article "How to...Weather the weather") as the world feels the effects of climate change.
Thankfully, October brings us two much-needed holidays to simply be together as humans. First, Thanksgiving. Second, Halloween.
Along with the serious thinking and voting this month requires, I hope you also visit some farms, carve some pumpkins, and wear a kooky costume this month (browse our "Halloween for Kids, Teens & Grown-Ups" events list) – maybe even take a jump to the left, and then a step to the right October 28 & 29 at the Patricia Theatre...
