British Columbia’s international reputation relies heavily on wild, remote and unspoiled imagery. The messaging promotes sparkling lakes, clean rivers, snow-capped peaks and diverse wildlife, of which abundant salmon and native trout, like steelhead, have important roles to play. Since Europeans’ first contact with Indigenous peoples, B.C.’s riches have driven prosperity. Unfortunately prosperity came at a […]
Premier John Horgan was crystal clear about why B.C. needed a strong majority New Democrat government when he called an early election just over a year ago. “I cannot imagine 12 more months of bickering, 12 more months of not knowing whether a bill would pass the legislature because of uncertainty in numbers,” he said, […]
A stranger, standing on an agate-strewn hillside on the shore of Knewstubb Lake, might be tempted to think the Kenny Dam had created a recreational playground, or in modern speak, “value.” The lake, often serene, seems an idyllic northern fishing and boating paradise. Remote and attractive, it covers many square kilometres. Unfortunately, a drowned forest […]
