Disturbing: The Peace
In July, two civil law suits will be heard alleging that the impacts of Site C, west of Fort St…. FULL STORY
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#291 Disturbing: The Peace
Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro by Sarah Cox, foreword by Alex… FULL STORY
Sitting Shiva combines Google & grief
Erín Moure celebrates and grieves a man she left in 1982. He became an alcoholic and died alone at St…. FULL STORY
#290 Grieving with Google
Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by Toots by Erín Moure Vancouver: New Star Books. $21 / 9781554201419 Reviewed by Claire… FULL STORY
Mercer a double winner
“Parks have always been my passion,” says George Mercer, “and after a long career and being blessed with good health… FULL STORY
#289 Coming of Age on Salt Spring
Mod ‘n Lavender: Salt Spring Island in the ‘60s by John Grain Kelowna: Tadpole Publishing, 2017. $18.95 / 9780973863413 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#288 Mabel Lake, not Maybellene
Flowing through Time: Stories of Kingfisher and Mabel Lake by Joan Cowan (editor) and Kingfisher History Committee (Jean Clark, Judy… FULL STORY
Joseph, Justice, Annett & Younging
A former associate professor at Royal Roads University, Bob Joseph described the draconian and oppressive effects of the Indian Act… FULL STORY
Enjoying the rat race
“Mountaineering is akin to having a rat gnawing on your insides – a creature that is constantly needing feeding, rarely… FULL STORY
#287 Enjoying the rat race
A Peakbagger’s Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North by Ben Nearingburg and Eric Coulthard Victoria: Rocky Mountain Books, 2017. $35.00 … FULL STORY
Recalling New Orphic Review
“I now conceive of Endpiece as a caboose—a railway wagon attached to the end of a train. The lights at… FULL STORY
#286 Endpiece: Recalling New Orphic
Here Margrith Schraner recalls her twenty years as Associate Editor of The New Orphic Review. “I now conceive of Endpiece… FULL STORY
#285 Mapping first contacts
Explorers of the Maritime Pacific Northwest: Mapping the World through Primary Documents by William L. Lang and James V. Walker… FULL STORY
#284 Field Guide to Insects
A Field Guide to Insects of the Pacific Northwest by Robert Cannings Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2018. $7.95 / 9781550178340… FULL STORY
Close encounters of the oops kind, and other stories
Long-time boating enthusiast and writer/publisher, Peter Vassilopoulos has simultaneously released four new titles through his company Pacific Marine Publishing, three… FULL STORY
#283 Salish seething
Views of the Salish Sea: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Change around the Strait of Georgia By Howard Macdonald… FULL STORY
Say cheese, Hooded Nudibranch
Rick Harbo’s Photo Guide to Northwest Marine Life “will satisfy the curiosity of aspiring naturalists and more serious scientists alike”… FULL STORY
#282 Sea creatures as teachers
Pacific Reef and Shore: A Photo Guide to Northwest Marine Life from Alaska to Northern California (Revised Second Edition) by… FULL STORY
It takes one to know one
“I was gripped and fascinated by this masterful account.” — Howard Hisdal All the Fine Young Eagles: In the… FULL STORY
#281 Baudelaire, Rimbaud and Jamie
A Temporary Stranger: Homages, Poems, Recollections by Jamie Reid Vancouver: Anvil Books, 2017. $18 / 9781772140989 Reviewed by Andrew Parkin… FULL STORY
