Northern British Columbia's inland rainforest, a rare ecosystem with 1,000-year-old trees, is under threat from clear-cut logging. Activists are working to protect these relatively unknown forests, home to wildlife including endangered mountain caribou.
This challenging hike to the top of a 2,377-metre peak in British Columbia's Rossland Range offers astonishing view of peaks on both sides of the US-Canada border as well as abundant wildflowers and the site of a historic weather station.
"I will hang myself in picture frames
in drawing rooms where grief
is not allowed a wicker chair"
Susan Rich's poem is an ode to the life and work of Hannah Maynard, a pioneer of experimental photography in British Columbia.
One of the best wildflower hikes in the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island, Mount Wells also grants some of the area’s best views. But don't be fooled by this hike's short distance: you'll climb 864 feet (264 metres) in less than a mile.
A group of activists in Vancouver BC worked in secret in 2003 to set up the city's first safe injection site. Journalist Travis Lupick tells the story of how this safe space for drug users to inject heroin under medical supervision came into being.
