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Vancouver Island
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Mission: Coastal Cleanup
The Rugged Coast Research Society unites surfers, scientists and more to clean the remote coasts of Vancouver Island.
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Island Grizzlies?
Are mainland grizzlies taking long-distance swim lessons? An exercise in wildlife ecology speculation.
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Behind the Photo: Framing the Perfect Line
Deep in the Takhinsha Mountains and on Mount Arrowsmith, two photos showcase the untouched powder experience in distinct ways.
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Crowdfunding Campaign to Protect Rare Coastal Rainforest on Denman Island, BC
The Nature Trust of BC rallies to raise $1M to conserve rare coastal rainforest and at-risk species.
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Hear the Whales
Just as the COVID pandemic arrived, I followed my curiosity after a few decades of landlocked living and moved to the ocean. I’d heard the whales had begun chatting with each other in an unprecedented way. Why?
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Finding Queneesh: Three Days on the Comox Glacier
Locked down during a pandemic winter provided the opportunity to look at my Vancouver Island backyard with fresh eyes. And by backyard, I mean the Comox Range, a group of tantalizing peaks rich in lore and legend, and clustered around their namesake Comox Glacier, the largest remaining on an island of vanishing glaciers.
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The Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island
words :: Carmen Kuntz. Chatting on the phone with my sister, she concludes a salt-saturated story about an encounter with sea wolves on a recent Vancouver Island hiking trip with…
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Down the Rabbit Hole: One Photographer’s Unexpected Journey to the Centre of the Earth
He leans back and sips his beer with what seems self-satisfaction. He knows how crazy it sounds but that’s the point: a story that admixes the thrills, fears and abiding…
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JumpCamp: Last Tribe Standing at Forbidden Plateau
By Feet Banks. As a ski resort, the nail in the coffin for Forbidden Plateau came at the hands of the 1998/99 La Niña storm cycle, the one whose now-legendary…
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