Organic foods are grossly overrated, impractical
Lately that iconic insight from Mickey Mantle has been coming to mind, “If I knew I was going to live this long I’d have taken better care of myself”. Particularly, I have had some epiphanies as to nutrition, perhaps because of Creemore’s preoccupation with quality produce, the Farmers’ Market, the 100 Mile Store, The New […]
Things that go bump in the night
If you’re really curious about what goes “bump in the night,” particularly in Mulmur Township where bear and cougar sightings are rumoured, you need a “Trail Camera,” or critter cam as I call them. Motion-activated weatherproof digital cameras capable of taking daytime as well as infrared night photography, these cameras are best mounted on a […]
In Search of the Spirit Bear, Part 2
The following is a continuation of last week’s column on the Great Spirit Rainforest. During our stay at the Great Spirit Lodge, my daughter Tory and I took five different excursions into the surrounding rainforest. Each was incredible. Here are some of the highlights: When a humpback whale surfaced beside the boat, our guide told […]
In search of the spirit bear
In the northwest corner of British Columbia is the Great Bear Rainforest, five times the size of Banff National Park and twice the size of the Serengeti. Covering eight million acres, the rainforest boasts a biomass of 500 tonnes per acre, 40 per cent greater than the Amazon. It is the largest temperate rainforest in […]