The footprints of North America’s mastodons, saber-toothed tigers and camels are long gone, as is the evidence today of prehistoric...
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If there’s one thing we should all have realized from the near daily news reports of climate change phenomena—from fracturing...
It’s a dark night on the Juan de Fuca Strait. A few distant buoys are flashing. The wind whistles down...
Nothing makes a person forget winter quicker than a walk through Vancouver’s delicate pink-and-white canopy of cherry blossoms, exploring colourful...
In Nature’s Realm—Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island By Michael Layland, TouchWood Editions, 2019, $40 I was pleased to continue learning...
Mid-way up Plum Line I start questioning the name. Is it because the climbing route follows a straight line up...
“Deserts are where people go when they’re thrown out of Paradise.” —poet-laureate George Bowering, on Okanagan grasslands Climbing upward...
The Alaska Highway, known as Highway 97 in British Columbia and Highway 1 in Yukon, meanders west along the 60th...
Snow falls heavily outside, while inside the potbelly stove burns hot. The fragrant smell of fresh cedar shavings fills the...
Craigdarroch Castle Originally home to coal baron Robert Dunsmuir and his wife, Joan, along with their 10 children, Victoria’s Craigdarroch...
The thought of leprosy fills most of us with horror. Perhaps because of this, it’s a disease most of us...
Vancouver Island Sooke Potholes Sooke One trip to Sooke Potholes Provincial Park and you’ll see why this is such a...
