Women go public with Sherman Alexie harassment accusations, Washington state protects net neutrality, BC overdose deaths top suicides & accidents, a tsunami of trash on Cascadia's beaches, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art turns five, and poet Shayla Lawson's obsession with Frank Ocean.
Washington will phase out net-pen farming of Atlantic salmon, Oregon fails to pass cap and trade carbon bill, is $3700 rent in Vancouver "affordable?," the enduring tradition of Indigenous dance in BC, Seattle's Black Lives Matter has its #MeToo moment, and an essay by Portland novelist Omar El Akkad.
WA governor vetoes public disclosure bill, Cascadia-based outdoor retailers boycott gear associated with gun companies, BC immigrant families use inter-generational living to beat housing costs, how a Japanese American family saved Puget Sound oysters, and "The Wall," a poem by Anita Endrezze.
Cascadia mag original: fighting for racial equity in the pot business. Transit use up in Vancity and Seattle, Portland penalizes landlords with excessive rent hikes, is it time for proportional representation in BC?, the fight over Oregon's beavers, and a Seattle writer's new book on the decline of native bees.
Minority cannabis businesses in Cascadia seek equity in the legal weed industry, Seattle Times slams WA legislature, Oregon moves to protect net neutrality, BC professor wants to kill single family homes, a new album from Portland's Haley Heynderickx, and fiction from BC author Alix Hawley.
WA senate passes ban on "bump stocks," does Portland's mayor want to clear homeless out of downtown?, navy fuel spill in Straight of Georgia, is eastern OR ready for the big Cascadia quake?, a new film exploring Cambodian Seattle in the 90s, & a review of a history of the Secwepemc people of BC.
Gun control measures stall in WA legislature, Oregon may delay vote on part of carbon cap & trade bill, BC wine makers challenge Alberta ban, high-skilled immigrants in Seattle face new hurdles, an interview with Portland surrealist painter Elizabeth Malaska, and a poem at Poetry Northwest by Mia Kang.
Bucking the trends, Seattle transit use is up, Oregon House passes bill to eliminate "boyfriend loophole" limiting gun purchases for domestic violence convicts, study shows ocean acidification less intense where seaweed is abundant, Portland's Willy Vlautin on heroes, and BC's most famous dog author.
BC pipeline sands oil a losing economic prospect, WA moves to ban salmon farms & death penalty, meth use on the rise in OR, the hidden sexual harassment crisis among farm workers, what's Donna Miscolta reading? And a poem by Alex Gallo-Brown.
Cascadia Magazine original story: short fiction by Seattle writer Donna Miscolta. Plus, BC continues to confront outrage over Colten Boushie case, a new group pushing for high-speed rail in Cascadia, will WA legislature ban cancer-causing foam, a sperm whale sighting, and un-natural motherhood by Leni Zumas.
