Surfing CedarPatrick Salamon's company, Waterman Surfboards, has customers and collectors from around the world
Shred the Gnar with Custom PlanksMerville-based Kindred Snowboards sells to snowboarders around the world
Logging Companies Cut and RunTimberWest and Island Timberlands are BC's biggest raw log exporters. Even though they control hundreds of thousands of hectares on VanIsle, neither owns a single mill
FX Mini-Series Shōgun Transforms UclueletThe production team searched the whole world for a place as beautiful as Ucluelet
The Worker Shortage Is Not About Free Money, Maybe Lots of the Jobs Just SuckVanIsle's worker shortage has been happening for years, then COVID made it worse
That Deck You’ve Been Planning to Build Just Got CheaperDIY home renovators are happy with tanking lumber prices
Parasites, viruses and bloody discharge in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve – What’s Up With That?Why has Federal Government closed fish farms in Discovery Islands, but not in Clayoquot?
Step Aside Comox Valley, Here Comes Port AlberniFormer logging town owes its revival to beer, real estate, and grit
Think About it – Big Trees Are More Valuable Left StandingAn independent economic study found saving old-growth forests near Fairy Creek could add $40 million in net economic benefits over the next 100 years,
Commercial Salmon Fishing Takes a Big HitDFO says that many BC coastal fisheries are unlikely to reopen to commercial harvesting for years in order to save BC's dwindling salmon populations.
Great – Do We Really Need Another Old Growth Panel?Premier Horgan promised to change the rules about old-growth. He hasn't. Instead he appointed another panel while logging continues
You Think It’s Hot – What About the Fish? When freshwater temperatures spike from the mid teens to more than 22 C, juvenile salmon start dying
Who Owns Vancouver Island – Or A Lot of It?Pension funds, insurance companies and logging companies own the biggest share of our island
Old Forests for Old MenPublic thinks that we have so little old-growth remaining that we need to protect what’s left
Water Quality and the Problem With Private Land LoggersPrivate land logging is done at twice the rate that can be sustained
Big Bucks for Pacific Salmon, But Will it Be EnoughThe biggest priority is recovering chinook, sockeye and other salmon populations already on the endangered species list
The Sour Legacy of the E & N Land ScamThe Land Grant haunts Vancouver Island, shaping ownership, industry, development and access in profound wayss
DFO Kept Secrets about Fish Mouth Rot Disease on FarmsGovernment kept the public and First Nations in the dark
