Welcome to spring! With the promise of warm vernal zephyrs and flowers bursting forth also arrives the latest issue of E-Cassiopeia. Thanks to the many contributors, this issue contains its usual wealth of informative articles and reports. Check-out the feature articles on Women in Canadian Astronomy, the LRP or some of the many things happening on the CASCA educational front. Also, take a look at the up-date on CASCA 2004. Sadly, we also note in this issue the passing of J. Beverly Oke. Oke was a great Canadian astronomer and we hope to present a more complete tribute to him in a future issue. Brian Martin (brian.martin@kingsu.ca)