The extraordinary self-own that was the BC NDP’s leadership contest has once again raised the question: Can’t parties do this any better? Does every leadership race have to devolve into a blundering, scandal-filled, mess? It’s not just an NDP phenomenon. It has been pretty much par for the course for every political party in the […]
Hopes for an excellent 2022 Fraser sockeye run were buoyed when early sockeye returns to the Skeena River and the west coast of Vancouver Island came in much stronger than expected. The Skeena run “saved the recreational fishery’s bacon,” said Alex Bussman, owner of Oscar’s Fly & Tackle in Smithers. Bussman wasn’t alone in his […]
The Fraser River is BC’s salmon-producing jewel, but in recent years, some of its salmon runs and the people who depend on them, have fallen on hard times. It’s no wonder then, that First Nations, commercial and recreational fishers were looking forward to this year’s dominant sockeye cycle. Unfortunately, another group of harvesters were also […]
