Mid-May showers – real showers, those that we haven’t seen in a couple of years, it feels like – have...
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Foraging edible wild plants is a fun, rewarding hobby that pairs up perfectly with other outdoor activities, and it’s a...
When it comes to camping, the idea of “roughing it,” of enduring uncomfortable nights just to be closer to nature,...
Tucked away in the misty mountains of Vancouver Island lives one of the rarest mammals in North America – and...
Land is something most of us take for granted, despite our complete dependence upon it. No person, animal or plant...
On a summer day in 1995, John Harper, a BC marine geologist, realized there was something he was repeatedly seeing...
A short ferry ride from Vancouver or Victoria will bring you to Galiano Island. And although it’s not a large...
“Deserts are where people go when they’re thrown out of Paradise.” —poet-laureate George Bowering, on Okanagan grasslands Climbing upward...
“Do you know this area well?” We’re dripping with mud in front of a display board near Sombrio Beach on...
The spirit bear, also known as a Kermode bear, is a colour phase of black bear with cream-coloured fur and...
For me, spotting a great blue heron has always evoked a sense of connection with nature, even more so than...
Just west of Osoyoos, nestled within the desert landscape of the Eastern Similkameen Valley, you’ll find kłlilx’w, also known as...
