New poetry by Adele Barclay, why are the are the Salish Sea orcas in peril? Portland mayor's plan to restrict protests fails to pass, how a botched murder case exposes flaws in BC legal system, Tacoma's innovative cultural access program, & "The Ghost Cabin," a slightly surreal story by Greg Lundgren.
"the sky is a black sheep
bleating and I can’t even
see the wolf in the photo
you texted me"
Adèle Barclay's poem of love and letting go on Galiano Island.
Hike Washington's Olympic Peninsula this weekend, Cascadia demands Russia investigation continue, debate on BC proportional representation, WA poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna on the migrant caravan, regional book awards announced and Michael Podlasek Kent on being a Jew in Seattle.
Easily accessible, the Lower South Fork Skokomish River Trail makes for an ideal Olympic Peninsula outing any time of the year. The well-built trail meanders through old growth Douglas-fir forests, and offers fantastic views of of the river, as well as opportunities to spot Roosevelt elk.
Full election results from across Cascadia, Hanford cleanup plagued by fraud, Amazon announces two HQ2s, task force recommends banning orca watching, wildfires have more impact on communities of color, "fugitives" in the BC Archives, and poetry by Seattle's Dujie Tahat.
US states in Cascadia vote today, will BC's Mount Meager be the next Cascadia volcano to erupt?, Supreme Court to hear youth climate change case, how would prop-rep affect BC First Nations?, Arson Nicki, Seattle's radical drag queen, and poetry by Laura Da'.
Cascadia prepares to vote on Election Day, Trudeau issues apology to BC First Nation, central WA tech plant a victim of trade war, coho salmon return to an Oregon river for first time in 40 years, an installation in Portland by artist Abigail DeVille, & Seattle's Lindy West shouts her abortion.
Portland tax measure would create clean energy projects & green jobs, new MAX transit line approved, Canada announces orca protections, 3 years into Seattle's homeless emergency, court rules WA foster care neglects children, a Vancouver filmmaker's empathetic look at mental illness & poetry by Kim Stafford.
Will Oregon vote to end state's sanctuary law + more election news from across Cascadia, students in Bend confront school safety in era of mass shootings, Yakama tribal leader denied entry to Supreme Court, sea lice plague BC fish farms, a musical set in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, poetry by Kim Kent.
Happy Halloween! Burrowing owls make a comeback at Hanford nuclear site, exposing white supremacists in Cascadia, independent candidate drops from OR governor race, a last ride on BC Greyhound, remembering Cascadia's worst maritime disaster, and flash fiction by Ruth Joffre.
