2017 is nearly over, but before you say "thank goodness," have a look at these best-of lists from across Cascadia in 2017. Remember the top news stories, and recall achievements in the arts across the Pacific Northwest, from music and theater to dance and comic books.
Whale-watching rules making a difference, inside Seattle's homeless sweeps, the biggest Douglas-firs of Cascadia, why you should give to the arts in Oregon, the NDP can't have it both ways on Site C dam, and an interview with theMystery.doc's author Matthew McIntosh.
What happens when Black Lives Matter protests get too white? Confronting gentrification in Cascadia, bees and starfish make a comeback, Marshall Islanders in Spokane face the fallout of nuclear tests, a French illustrator in Vancouver, and an interview with Seattle author Anca Szilagyi.
How Cascadia's pot laws differ, a visit to British Columbia's forbidden bird island, 20 years after Elliott Smith's "Either/Or," Shawn Vestal on why training isn't all that's needed to stop harassment, powerful local poetry of 2017, and an essay by Portland writer Judith Barrington.
A year of environmental victories in Cascadia, BC to dispense heroin substitute in effort to fight overdoses, Seattle & Oregon find money to fight homelessness, first-person account of Amtrak crash, 50 years after the film that made Sasquatch legend, a Vancouver writer's novel take on polyamory.
Mistrial in case against armed takeover of OR wildlife refuge, Oregon to propose cap-and-trade next year, interview with BC Green Party leader, last-minute holiday shopping ideas to support local authors, a video on the art of reconciliation by First Nations artist Michelle Sylliboy.
Amazon's diversity problem, what Seattle can learn from Vancouver on housing affordability, oil spill in Salem, tribal courts succeeding where traditional justice has fail, a big chunk of Idaho designated a "dark sky reserve," and listen to Claudia Castro Luna read "Seattle's Poem"
Would safety technology have prevented deadly Amtrak crash? BC bans grizzly hunting, WA governor proposes carbon tax, last chance to comment on Nation Park fee increase, Portland OK's museum expansion, and Seattle poet Paul Nelson's "Evidence-based poem" will not please Trumps's censors.
At least 6 dead in Amtrak Cascades derailment south of Tacoma, Port Angeles fish farm ordered to close, an interview with BC premier John Horgan, introducing Muslims and Christians in rural WA towns, year's best books by Vancouver authors, and a poem about the peace of social justice.
Rich Seattle homeowners fight affordable housing, BC fish farms' dirty secret, will WA and OR pass gun safety legislation?, artist Sondra Perry's return to Seattle, Oregon's vibrant Russian community, and an ode to Spokane's Fox Theater by poet laureate Tod Marshall.
