The free Surrey Canada Day event is happening July 1st at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre in Cloverdale. Festivities will kick off at 10:00am and they won’t stop until Tom Cochrane & Red Rider take the stage followed by fireworks lighting up the night sky at 10:15pm. Here’s what’s in store for Surrey Canada Day […]

There are a few things I miss when I’m on the road, outside of the country. Marine weather reports for the Strait of Georgia, hockey scores, and my morning walk to the local Tim Hortons with John on his way to work. We’re getting ready to drive across America to visit his family and before […]

Each tree on the Pioneer Log Homes Sugar Cane site in Williams Lake has a personality, and story to tell, just like the stars of the hit HGTV show, Timber Kings. I was recently passing through Williams Lake on a workshop tour, about 6 hours north of Vancouver, and I was invited to meet with […]

The Ancient Forest (Chun T’oh Whudujut) BC’s newest Provincial Park, is the only known inland temperate rainforest in the world, and is home to a grouping of 800-2,000 year old cedars. This designation is thanks to the hard work and dedication of a team of volunteers, including the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation & Caledonia Ramblers Hiking […]

There’s something quintessentially “West Coast” about flying to and from your destination in a seaplane. Gliding across the water in an aircraft where almost every position feels like a window seat, lifting up above the bay, cruising over bridges and byways, you see the world from a whole new perspective. Touching down in another city […]