Jack Leighton arrived at the Spoke last week to add weight to the anti HST protest. Too little too late perhaps but if there are still column inches being dedicated to the story no doubt politicians will continue to fight/talk against it. Having said that who are we to talk, it got us in the paper again.

The Broken Spoke was very happy to sponsor this year's wonderful Music Fest. It's a marquee event for Courtenay as well as the BC music scene and we were very happy to be involved in such a well laid out event. We donated a Cityzen Sub Zero bicycle for the raffle which is one of the ways Music Fest raises money to pay for artists and equipment. And happily for us the winner was Dian Smit of Nerds on Site IT services, a local girl who has just started her own business in the Valley and was volunteering at music fest to supply them with all their computer needs. So a just reward for Dian. Congrats

Its always nice to be on the front page of a newspaper, even if the reason is a rather ominous one. Here's a link  to the full story

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The rain was relentless but spirits were high for this year's Canada day parade. The cycling coalition got an excellent turnout, and with bikes decked in red and white made an favourable impression among the otherwise car heavy parade. It would be fantastic next year if we can get even more people out. Comment on how we can do that at the bottom. Thanks BS