Tumbler Ridge charts a new economic path with UNESCO Geopark tourism

BC’s tourism and natural resource sectors have developed in parallel. Here is a case of how mining enabled a stunning visitor drawcard to develop.

Urbanites flock to BC’s coast to experience the life of a logger

When eco-tourists go on a wildlife-viewing trip with the Homalco First Nation, Shawn O’Connor wants them to see more than grizzly bears

What are BC’s biggest economic drivers?

Here’s a question that sometimes causes confusion: how big is the province’s resource sector, and how does it compare in importance with others?

SNIPPET: Tourism and resources, a lasting marriage?

You would think they are polar opposites and could never make it work — the resource and tourism industries. How could they come together and if they did, would it […]

The benefits are desirable and the risks can be managed

Back in 1985 when I was editor of The Whistler Question, I remember writing a column on the coming rise of tourism and the inevitable decline of forestry