Whenever you mention orcas, someone will probably tell you, “Orcas are not really whales — they are the largest member of the dolphin family.” This is true. Sort of. It’s also false. Isn’t science awesome?
Pretty much every dictionary definition of whale describes a “very large marine mammal with a…
When I was a child I was drawn to animals, especially the wild ones, and to the ponds and forests where they lived. I was curious. I tracked them and watched them. No matter whether I was looking into the gold-flecked eye of a frog, or at the way a…
1966 est Born
December 11, 1969
Captured in Pender Harbor, BC
1969
Sent to Marineland of Pacific
1987
Sent to SeaWorld San Diego
Species: Orcinus orca Breed: Northern Resident
Meaning of name: Irish for “hill hollow”
Captivity History: Captured at around age 4 from A5 pod in Pender Harbor, BC
Mother: Stripe (died…
A two-year-old lone female Orca was spotted on the east coast of Vancouver Island in the summer of 1977. Bill Davis, a fisherman, befriended Miracle and fed her fish out of his hand, something that had never been done before in the wild. …
Tobias Douglas loved BC’s forests and created a candle company to share them with the world. In 2009, Tobias ran for the BC NDP in Prince George. Her goal was to take the seat from the BC Liberal’s then Minister of Forests, Pat Bell. I figured that, if she did…
By Julia Barnes
In my upcoming film Bright Green Lies, I expose the dark reality behind the “green” energy industry and argue that it deserves our opposition as strongly as fossil fuels. So-called renewables only harm the planet. They do not help it. …
BY TOM HAWTHORN
(This story was originally published in Reel West Magazine, Fall 2014)
As a boy, Scott Renyard walked the wild creeks and rivers near his Revelstoke home. The weekend treks were spent fishing for bull trout and Dolly Varden. …
For the Canucks 50th Anniversary season I’m reprinting some of the cooler stories I got the chance to write about The Canucks. I was lucky enough to interview Pavel Bure early on in his time in Vancouver. The response to this story was so positive that a Vancouver publisher approached…
