Walking below the ice
Toronto Star Nov 12, 2016 PEMBERTON ICECAP, B.C.: We walk into the ice cave — fingers skimming the frozen wall, boots and hiking pole picking over boulders and a little […]
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Seeing Sonora
Toronto Star, Oct 16, 2016: SONORA ISLAND, B.C.-The nearby evergreens start dancing as the helicopter descends onto the landing pad. The trees are swaying, their boughs waving wildly and offering […]
Paddling Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams
Toronto Star, Sept 14, 2016, WHISTLER, B.C.—Picking your paddle is one thing, but for this canoe ride — down Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams — it may be more important […]
1, 2, 160: Counting eagles in BC
Toronto Star, February, 2014 I was already feeling humble. Having been instructed to “dress for skiing,” I had on several layers before the oversized rain jacket, pants, rubber boots and […]
Visiting the bear’s world at Khutzeymateen
The younger eyes spot the bear first. The young man passes me the binoculars and points: “There, to the left of the white rock.” But I just see lumps on […]
The miraculous Adams River sockeye salmon run
Toronto Star Oct 30, 2014, Adams River, BC–They call it the salmon run, but when you see them at the finish line, the Adams River in the Shuswap, B.C., the […]
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