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Ron Lo of Westcom Radio

I liked Ron Lo as soon as he opened the door. He’s got one of those unwrinkled, playful faces that sparkles like a bay getting its first morning breeze.  In Vancouver he’s the go-to guy for getting your VHF radio fixed, and I found him through a recommendation from Steveston Marine.

His workshop is the basement of an east Vancouver home with only a small sign in the upstairs window indicating Westcom Marine lives here. Continue Reading »

When I first came to Canada back in 1970, I moved to a small island on the BC coast. There was no running water, electricity,  or telephone on Rendezvous Island. Fortunately CBC Radio came in lound and clear, and it was our only connection with the outside world except by boat.

To keep from going crazy,  I  become a volunteer weather observer and had one of those white boxes (Royal Canadian Mounted Police were not included). Inside was a max/min thermometer, sunlight recorder, and a rain gauge.

That was 35 years ago, when “climate change” simply meant oddball weather.

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