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Tariffs are hitting Cascadia hard
OPB reports on the port of Vancouver, Washington — where exports of everything from copper to apples and imports of steel and Subarus are declining thanks to Trump’s new trade war.
Drought and wildfires continue to grip Northwest
NWPB reports on how Washington state is being hit by one of the worst droughts on record. Wildfires continued to grow in southern BC and the Okanagan, the Carr Fire in Northern California has burned 176,000 acres, and fires in southern Oregon appeared to be holding behind containment lines.
Vancouver building record number of homes
Metro Vancouver reports that Vancouver is building apartments, condos, and homes at a breakneck pace — and analysts say the city’s high rents are seeing signs of cooling off thanks to the city and province’s housing policies. Read more about how the major cities of Cascadia are struggling to reign in housing costs in Casey Jaywork’s feature for Cascadia Magazine.
Recovering Campbell River after logging
Hakai magazine reports on conservation efforts in Campbell River, British Columbia — and how environmental groups have succeeded in restoring estuaries after decades of damage by logging companies.
A Portland writer faces her phobias
Over at Powell’s Books, you’ll find a Q&A with Portland writer Courtenay Hameister, whose new book OK Fine Whatever describes her journey to overcome anxiety and OCD — it’s a very funny account of doing things that made her very uncomfortable, from hiring a professional cuddler to going to a sensory deprivation tank and getting a Brazilian wax.
Poetry by Seattle’s Elizabeth Austen
Over at Seattle Review of Books, you can read Elizabeth Austen’s poem “Shall Not be Infringed,” an indictment of the United States’ crazy gun culture:
“We dove under a table, my bag
clutched in one hand, your hand in the other.
House rules: no politics. . . .”
Read the full poem here. That’s today’s selection of news & arts from across Cascadia. –Andrew Engelson