How Mighty Tieton, an artisan business incubator in the Yakima Valley, came to be; Alberta and BC in a trade war over oil and wine, Cascadia's big-3 mayors talk about urban challenges, Western states push back on net neutrality, an interview with BC indigenous writer Terese Mailhot, author of Heart Berries.
Proposed legislation confronts the opioid crisis in Cascadia, Trudeau declares war on BC with pipeline vow, will pikas survive climate change?, the terrifying story of a Eugene woman who married a Nazi, and Seattle writer Anca Szilagyi creates a rad playlist for her new novel.
A selection of pieces from Cascadia magazine's first two weeks, bipartisan bill in WA legislature to preserve net neutrality, Alberta and BC clash over pipeline, when a ride share turns ugly for a woman, BC author Anosh Irani on persistence in art, and an interview with poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna.
Get your hands dirty on a Cascadia farm-stay, Portland's incentives to create affordable housing aren't working, King County makes a grab for an arts organization, BC ministers urge turnaround on Site C dam, museums work to better tell Indigenous stories, and a poem by Quenton Baker.
Exploring the toxic legacy of Washington's nuclear sites in words & photos, BC overdose deaths hit a disturbing new high, will the WA legislature confront its harassment problem?, inside Amazon's spheres, Portland in the bizarro world, and an incredible basketball-themed story by Seattle's Richard Chiem
Cascadia Magazine's first book review: a bio of Chief Seattle, salmon farm misled WA officials, the success of medically-assisted death in BC, a Seattle poet confronts climate change, an Indigenous woman's journey from the streets to film, and an interview with two of Cascadia's most talented architects.
A new zombie story at Cascadia Magazine by Anca Szilágyi, BC puts up roadblocks to pipeline, Seattle immigration activist threatened with deportation will be at State of the Union, fishers are returning to the Cascades, OR Book Award finalists announced, and a poem by Kevin Craft.
"Every day I think I’ve done the wrong thing. It’s an exhausting way to live. One time, I was walking down Cherry Street to get some Thai for dinner, and this white guy in a polo shirt came running toward me. He looked worried. I slipped to the side. Maybe he was trying to catch a bus, I thought. A minute later another white guy in a gray t-shirt came after him with a big smile and a steak knife."
Cascadia cities confront the housing crisis, WA governor kills Columbia River oil terminal, a $1 billion loss for BC's public-owned auto insurer, will the real Tonya Harding please stand up?, a profile of a multi-cultural modern-day witch, and visual poetry from Seattle's Colleen Louise Barry.
Faced with skyrocketing housing costs, the three largest cities in the Pacific Northwest -- Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland-- are taking different approaches to reigning in costs and building more affordable units, whether it's changing zoning, increasing public-funded housing, or making deals with developers.
