On a summer day in 1995, John Harper, a BC marine geologist, realized there was something he was repeatedly seeing...
“Deserts are where people go when they’re thrown out of Paradise.” —poet-laureate George Bowering, on Okanagan grasslands Climbing upward...
Mid-way up Plum Line I start questioning the name. Is it because the climbing route follows a straight line up...
Every trip has a moment. The one event that becomes the cover image. From an eight-day mountain biking road trip...
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...
Nothing makes a person forget winter quicker than a walk through Vancouver’s delicate pink-and-white canopy of cherry blossoms, exploring colourful...
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...
If there’s one thing we should all have realized from the near daily news reports of climate change phenomena—from fracturing...
