As of November 30, 2017, the government of British Columbia will officially end the cruel and unnecessary hunt of grizzly bears. After much campaigning by those in the province and a stirring document…
This tiny house B&B encourages you to explore the traditional land of the Esk’etemc people
BY: DUSTIN BATTY One of the most inspiring aspects of the tiny house movement is the sense of community and helpfulness that it promotes. Tiny house builders and residents are often willing to provide…
Hunting for sport is animal abuse: how is it still legal?
BY RHIANN MOORE It seems like a natural assumption that shooting a wild animal for no good reason is not a cool thing to do anymore. Tragically, however, it is still not only legal, but encouraged as …
The Mad Russian of the Cariboo lived alone on an island for 15 years
BY: DUSTIN BATTY Isolated as he was, no one knows much about the man known by locals as the Mad Russian. His life both before and after his time in the Cariboo region of British Columbia is a mire of …
Spherical treehouses let you camp under a blanket of greenery and stars all year round
BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE Forget about leaving treehouses in the fond memories of your childhood. Now, on Vancouver Island, you can rent spherical treehouses that take camping to entirely new heights. The …
This family lives on a floating fortress of greenhouses in the middle of the ocean
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In Clayoquot Sound, BC, tucked away in the coastal inlets of Cypress Bay, and about a half-hour by boat off the coast of Tofino, live Catherine King and Wayne Adams—the owners and oper…
Environmental group mails fake bitumen to B.C. homes
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Checking the mailbox and finding tiny samples of dish soap in the mail is a fairly normal occurrence. Finding samples of simulated bitumen oil among the flyers, bills and Christmas …
Redefining Home On Native Land: Inside British Columbia’s Fight For Aboriginal Territory
BY: KELSEY ROLFE No British Columbia premier has ever met with the Tsilhqot’in Nation on their home turf. Nor had one ever sat down with aboriginal titleholders as equals. Christy Clark, B.C.’s curren…
This commune in BC lets you live for free and pays you in drugs (Video)
BY: ROBERT HOFMANN Poole picked out a white dried-up mushroom the size of my thumb and snapped it in two. “A gram for each of you,” says Poole, and hands me my half. One gram, it seemed, was a bit of …
The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline is a domestic project with global consequences
BY: TYLER FYFE PHOTOGRAPHY: CONNOR BRIAN Economy is not the opposite of environment. Profit is not synonymous with prosperity. Our idea of progress is its definition. The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pip…