If there’s one thing we should all have realized from the near daily news reports of climate change phenomena—from fracturing...
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Two years ago, while walking near the ocean, I heard a noise that sounded like someone prying open an old...
One afternoon, I watched a bald eagle engaged in a wild dance with a glaucous-winged gull. The eagle was on...
Mid-May showers – real showers, those that we haven’t seen in a couple of years, it feels like – have...
“Deserts are where people go when they’re thrown out of Paradise.” —poet-laureate George Bowering, on Okanagan grasslands Climbing upward...
It’s a beautiful morning in Vancouver’s English Bay. A storm has just passed through, shaking up the waters and washing...
On a hot July afternoon, I followed Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmell along an overgrown logging road in the forested...
I’m pretty sure we lost the trail fairly early on. Following the waypoint on the GPS, my daughter Maia and...
In early July of 1791, during a first European exploration of the Salish Sea, Spanish naval officer José María Narváez...
Finally, spring seems to be arriving! Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic, while possibly slowing down and vaccines arriving by the truckload,...
Exploring winter hikes in the Cariboo region of British Columbia offers serene landscapes and accessible trails suitable for beginners. Here...
For many people, a pigeon is a messy, sometimes noisy urban bird that fouls buildings and statues, whereas a dove...
