Happy Holidays!
| Happy holidays from all of us at British Columbia Magazine. Thank you for your support in 2011 — we look forward to bringing you more great photography and articles about the best of B.C. in 2012.
Please note that our subscription department will be open December 28 and 29 (full days) and December 30 (morning only), [...] |
BCM at Word on the Street
| The 17th annual Word on the Street literary extravaganza takes place in downtown Vancouver this weekend, and the British Columbia Magazine team will be there to join in the fun. Visit our booth in the Magazine Tent on Sunday (September 25, 2011) for special offers, the chance to spin our prize wheel, or just to [...] |
The evolution of outdoor gear
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To contributing editor Larry Pynn, this grainy colour slide from 1986, taken in remote northwestern British Columbia’s Mount Edziza Provincial Park, is proof that outdoor equipment has come a long way, baby.
“I’m shown wearing a tasteless yellow-and-white baseball hat, bold-striped shirt, wool army-surplus pants and, gather ’round kids, an external-frame backpack.” With every step he [...] |  |
You “otter” like our Wildlife Wednesday winner’s pic
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Wildlife Wednesday is a popular day on our Facebook fan page. We ask our Fans to tell us what wildlife they’ve seen in the province–and the answers always astound me. This week’s winner, chosen randomly, was Keri Brewster, who shared:
“The other day, I saw a family of otters playing right beside the seawall. There was [...] |  |
Point Ellice House celebrates its 150th anniversary Sun. Aug. 21
| Last week, I was invited for tea at the Point Ellice House & Gardens, a National Historic Site located in downtown Victoria. The Victorian-era home, with its pretty, white-picket fence, seems like an anachronism in its now industrial neighbourhood along the Gorge Waterway. But when I stepped out of my car and into the heritage [...] |  |
Lichen contest closes soon
| Time is running out to have a treasured name live on in a lichen species. The contest to name two new species of lichen found in British Columbia’s rainforests closes December 15, so get brainstorming and start bidding.
The two species of lichens were discovered by researcher Trevor Goward who has donated his dibs on naming [...] |
