John Vaillant is an American-Canadian journalist and author based out of Vancouver, B.C. He’s written for The New Yorker, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, and Outside Magazine, among others.

Last month, the thirty-first annual Victoria Film Festival (VFF) came to town. The festival showed more than 90 films across genres in the span of just over a week. Eleven standout films this year ...

In 1988, the little-known Carmanah Valley became the site of one of the first successful environmental protest campaigns against the clearcut logging of old-growth temperate rainforests in the history ...

Adrenaline pumped through Lorilee’s body as she prepared for what she thought would be a meeting full of tension. It was October of 2015, right after Orange Shirt Day, and she was in a room in the ...

Bob Wright died in 2013, but he lives on through the Bob Wright Centre. A drab melange of beige and browns swaddled in brick from the waist down, the building houses UVic’s telescope and the school of ...

The Island, known for its lush scenery, towering trees, and outdoor pursuits, is the perfect place to start hiking. Maybe you’re new in town, or recently lied to a Tinder date that you love hiking too ...

In classrooms across the country, artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly reshaping the future of education, offering personalized learning experiences that once seemed like the stuff of science ...

Well, it’s the most festive time of the year again. People decorate their houses with fairy lights, massive inflatable Santa Clauses, reindeer, and Christmas trees. Soon, most families in Canada and ...

Screenshot of Lament for Confederation via CBC Archives. 55 years ago Chief Dan George gave the iconic ‘Lament for Confederation’ speech during Canada’s centennial. For Indigenous Canadians, this ...

The District of Saanich has introduced two updated plans for the areas of Shelbourne Valley and Quadra McKenzie, respectively. The Shelbourne Valley plan — originally adopted in 2017, but updated in ...

AccessBC launched a new, province-wide campaign in November, calling on the provincial government to mandate improvements to pain management for individuals receiving intrauterine device (IUD) ...

Cumberland, B.C., a village both literally and figuratively built on coal mining, has now partnered with the UVic-led Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) initiative to explore a clean ...