Treasure and treachery in BC’s gold rush

“Colin Campbell’s (left) The Cariboo Trek of Callum McBay follows a young Scotsman’s perilous 1860s journey to BC’s goldfields, uncovering the grit, friendship and quiet wisdom found along the way.FULL STORY



 

 

John Huizinga is a storyteller, a logistician, a mechanic and a humanitarian.


No map, just instinct

From near-death escapes to humanitarian missions, John Huizinga shares how instinct, courage and curiosity shaped his unconventional life.

“When I am in an unusual or uncertain situation, I am supremely present. All other thoughts drop away—only the present exists.” FULL STORY

Hear me roar

“I believed with every fibre of my being that Medicare was a sacred trust, that we couldn’t go back to… FULL STORY

Teenage blues

“Each new generation brings fresh challenges the last one didn’t see, demanding new looks at new concerns. Cell phones, new… FULL STORY

The Faustian bargain

“One workday [Colin] meets a solitary being, ‘tall and cadaverous and dressed in a three-piece suit the colour of dried… FULL STORY

Go west young man

“[The story] is a historical artefact centred on a pivotal year in Canadian history and in a broader transformative decade,… FULL STORY

Race for the news

“[Daniel] Craig’s greatest legacy may be that he introduced journalistic standards: he wanted fact-based, objective reporting.”—reviewer, Mark Forsythe on a… FULL STORY

The street’s music

“DeCroo’s photos have spotlit a Vancouver that’s about something more than unlimited growth and runaway commerce.”—Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight senior… FULL STORY

Mothers & daughters

“People who are damaged can’t make good choices, or rarely. Crystal [the novel’s main protagonist] has passed on the damage… FULL STORY

Sqʷəmey̓ blues

Now extinct, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog was a beloved companion, sacred kin and valuable textile source as its silky,… FULL STORY

Southern man

Reviewer Susan Sanford Blades says that Jill Yonit Goldberg’s entire novel “acts as a comment on the patriarchal southern United… FULL STORY

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