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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Aquarium’s Ocean Wiseâ„¢ Ambassador Profile: Chef Tim Evans of The Cascade Room

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Aquarium’s Ocean Wiseâ„¢ Ambassador Profile: Chef Tim Evans of The Cascade Room

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ is a proud sponsor of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Aquarium's Ocean Wiseâ„¢ program , created in 2005 to address overfishing, the single biggest threat facing our oceans today.
The best new shop on Main Street/in Vancouver/anywhere: @thefishcounter

The best new shop on Main Street/in Vancouver/anywhere: @thefishcounter

Before last week I had only previously met Chef Robert Clark on our website, reading THIS INTERVIEW with him in our series of Oceanwise Ambassador profiles.
New life for a historic creek in East Vancouver

New life for a historic creek in East Vancouver

The recent construction of Creekway Park by Hastings Park is just one step of a long-term plan to bring back the historic waterway known as Renfrew Creek or Hastings Creek.

VIDEO: Give a gift that NOBODY on your list will ever see coming

In this final video I'm hosting with Granville Island this yuletide season, I'm encouraging some experience gifts that nobody on your list will ever see coming. http://www.youtube.
Landmark Salmon Project Means New Hope for Strait of Georgia Fishery

Landmark Salmon Project Means New Hope for Strait of Georgia Fishery

Fishing in our own backyard Do you remember when 'going fishin' meant just a hop, skip and a jump from your backdoor and home in time for dinner? I have great memories of fishing in the Strait of Georgia during the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Aquarium’s Ocean Wiseâ„¢ Ambassador Profile: Chef Scott Henderson of the Shangri-La Hotel

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Aquarium’s Ocean Wiseâ„¢ Ambassador Profile: Chef Scott Henderson of the Shangri-La Hotel

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ is a proud sponsor of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Aquarium's Ocean Wiseâ„¢ program , created in 2005 to address overfishing, the single biggest threat facing our oceans today.

East Van Salmon... and their cousins in Tofino

I join Mike Eckford every week on his show, "The Shift", on CKNW to chat about all things awesome and (usually) travel related in BC. Yesterday we talked about the East Van salmon, and their cousins in Tofino.
The amazingly improbable journey of salmon back to East Van (with interactive map)

The amazingly improbable journey of salmon back to East Van (with interactive map)

By the time this post is published over 13,000 people will have watched my shaky handheld VIDEO of 8 dying Chum salmon spawning in what used to be one of the most polluted streams in the Lower Mainland.
Video of Salmon spawning just off Broadway in Vancouver. Shot yesterday. Seriously.

Video of Salmon spawning just off Broadway in Vancouver. Shot yesterday. Seriously.

Last year around this time I wrote THIS in-depth post about the nearly-impossible story of salmon returning to Still Creek in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­for the first time in 80 years.

Get ready to get chills from this video of a dude flying in a wingsuit

Last month I made THIS POST about our community sponsor, TELUS, looking to profile passionate people in their outdoor glory.