by Paula Kully – CONTECHUALLY SPEAKING The future is nowHarbour Air and magniX closed out 2019 in a momentous way by successfully flying the world’s first electrically-powered commercial passenger aircraft. Harbour Air CEO and founder Greg McDougall piloted the plane and launched the electric era of aviation. Feeling groovyOne of the Peninsula’s many tech companies […]
by Chris Cowland – It’s December as I write this, sitting outside in shorts and a T-shirt. No, I’m not embarking on a Polar Bear swim; I’m sitting on the balcony of my casita in Mulegé, on the Baja Peninsula, Mexico. I don’t enjoy busy touristy areas, so this small town of 3,800 people on
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by Cassidy Nunn – Western riding and showing is popular across the world, with several different disciplines on offer to compete in, from reining and western pleasure, to rodeo events such as barrel racing and cattle penning. The roots of western riding are based around cattle ranching and the types of skills a horse and
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by Tina Kelly – Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea – They say life is all about balance. When it comes to life in kelp forests – and other natural systems – no truer words could be spoken. Human actions regularly upset these natural balances and in the case of some kelp forests, the imbalance
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by Gillian Crowley – A long and fascinating journey has led Wendy Wickwire to discover an important but overlooked figure in B.C.’s history: James Teit was an ethnographer, hunting guide and friend of the Indigenous communities in the B.C. Interior and beyond. In 1977, Wendy started to record the songs and stories of Indigenous elders
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