British Columbia | The Walrus

An illustrated map of several different regions in BC, depicting a variety of human and animal life and flora.

Business / July/August 2020

What Does It Take to Become a Wine Superpower?

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 - by Ellen Himelfarb

On British Columbia’s bid to be the Napa Valley of the North

Illustration of a doctor opening the door of a hospital so an elderly woman, pulling a suitcase, can walk outside. Beyond the door is a brightly-coloured village.

May 2020 / Society

Dementia Care Gets Its Own Village

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 - by Karin Olafson

Inside a new housing model for managing mental decline—one that prioritizes patient autonomy

Illustration of a dark haired woman, crouching to pet a rooster. Around her are two other chickens.

First Person / May 2020

We Turned Our Pet Chickens Into Dinner

April 17, 2020 - by Yasuko Thanh

First we bonded over our unusual pets. Then we bonded over butchering them

A hand hovers over a Samsung phone. The phone background is an image of Mackie Basil.

March 2020 / Society

The Search for Mackie Basil

February 12, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Annie Hylton

Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her

A brown bear swims across a lake. In the background are the trees and mountains of the Great Bear Rainforest.

Environment

The World’s Last Rainforests Are Under Threat

February 5, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Jimmy Thomson

A $25 million carbon-offset project is struggling to find buyers, and the Great Bear Rainforest is on the line

Environment / May 2018

The Value of a Bear

April 18, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Gloria Dickie

Why some Indigenous communities in BC won’t rejoice over the NDP’s decision to ban the grizzly hunt

Photo by The Canadian Press / Darryl Dyck

Environment

British Columbia’s Perfect Firestorm

July 13, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Christopher Pollon

Why this year’s wildfires are so severe—and what can be done to stop them in the future

Society

Keep the “British” in British Columbia

October 28, 2016November 19, 2019 - by C.P. Champion

Why we need to rethink the “rename” movement

Feature / October 2016

Big Lonely Doug

September 19, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

How a single tree, and the logger who saved it, have changed the way we see British Columbia’s old-growth forests

Feature / July/August 2016

Float Free or Die

July 16, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Laura Trethewey

British Columbia’s last houseboat squatters fight eviction