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Running: A love story

Running: A love story

"Help me. I don't know what to do." I'm standing in the forest on a narrow trail in Squamish, less than 24 hours after my life has imploded.
If you want to help, make people care

If you want to help, make people care

I could feel the pain in his soft voice as he told the story of men in masks slaughtering a rhino for her horn, then leaving her suffocating to death, the blood pooling under her head.
In praise of Officer Scarecrow

In praise of Officer Scarecrow

As some Pemberton residents recently learned, the Pemberton RCMP's newest recruit has gone missing. "Please return Officer Scarecrow!" a concerned citizen wrote on the Pemberton community forum Facebook group.
Roll up the rim to lose

Roll up the rim to lose

Ever since my coffee machine decided to stop working last year, my French press has become my most treasured possession.
Get the vax

Get the vax

My father had polio. Born in the '30s, it wasn't all that uncommon. It was serious, but he managed to beat it, mostly—he never played sports, his legs were too weak for that, but, hey, he could still walk. Not everyone was so lucky.
It doesn't ad up

It doesn't ad up

Countless corporations are trying to make sure that they're on the right side of history by trying to stake a claim on the side of good takes. And they're doing everything in their power to make sure you know.
Action in the age of apathy

Action in the age of apathy

At the height of the longest government shutdown in U.S.
Dude, hold my kombucha: the ongoing battle between Alberta and B.C.

Dude, hold my kombucha: the ongoing battle between Alberta and B.C.

The other day, I caught a glimpse of myself in a car window as I was exiting Olives in Function Junction. Double fisting vegan jerky in one hand and kombucha in the other, I thought, "Holy sh*t, conversion to B.C. hippie complete.
The tourism generator we actually need

The tourism generator we actually need

The image, by now, is familiar to most: A tourist, up for the day, piles out of their vehicle and walks to the second lake in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, where they promptly wait in a long line to get their photo taken on the notorious "selfie log.
Is this the best men can get?

Is this the best men can get?

Whistler is often fondly referred to as a bubble. For me, that bubble is full of friendly, accepting people with, more often than not, pretty progressive views. But every once in a while, something comes along to pop that ideal illusion.