When the Pacific Rim Highway connected Port Alberni to Vancouver Island’s west coast in 1959, it transformed an area previously...
Apples, eaten the world over, are the second most consumed fruit (after bananas), and their popularity is reflected in hundreds...
“Bread is the staff of life.” “Let us break bread together.” “Give us today our daily bread.” These are...
In Nature’s Realm—Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island By Michael Layland, TouchWood Editions, 2019, $40 I was pleased to continue learning...
The Wild Coast of Canada By Scott Forsyth, Rocky Mountain Books, 2019, $60 I’ve always thought that Canada’s motto, a...
E.J. Hughes Paints British Columbia By Robert Amos, TouchWood Editions, 2019, $35 Artist and writer Robert Amos produced his...
The Final Voyage of the Valencia By Michael C. Neitzel Heritage House, 2020 $9.95 Paperback The Valencia was far from...
Gilly the Ghillie—More Chronicles of a West Coast Fishing Guide By David Giblin Heritage House 2020 $19.95 Paperback David Giblin...
It’s a dark night on the Juan de Fuca Strait. A few distant buoys are flashing. The wind whistles down...
The VHF radio call comes early in the morning. “I’ve spotted a mother humpback with a young one who’s dragging...
The blue heron stands on a single leg in the shallows of Sidney Island near Victoria, the bird’s shadow barely...
As flocks of construction cranes sway over Victoria, building new complexes or reviving old ones, some say British Columbia’s capital...
