In one month the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty years ago, Canada gave a birthday gift to the United States, a glossy coffee table book of high quality photographs that was at the time the “longest undefended border” in the world. It was called Between Friends/Entre Amis. […]
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Election 2025 No. 2 Kitimat All Candidates Meeting
Three of the candidates for the riding of Skeena Bulkley Valley came to Kitimat’s Mt. Elizabeth Theatre on April 15, Taylor Bachrarch, NDP, Ellis Ross, Conservative and Rod Taylor Christian Heritage. The Liberal Inderapal Dhillon and Green Adeana Young were no shows.
Waning summer super moon over Kitimat
Mystery photos of Vimy Ridge
A week or so ago, I was going through box and box of old photos in the collection of my late mother, Catherine Rowland (nee Hill). Almost all of the images are people photos, my mother, her brother, parents and friends from 1914, when she was born, until the Second World. I was surprised to […]
People of the Snow Truth and Reconciliation in Kitimat
Members of the Haisla Nation and people of Kitimat braved an Environment Canada storm warning with heavy rain and wind on September 30, 2021 to mark The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The view from Trapline Mountain
On Monday August 5, friends invited me along for a trip to Trapline Mountain to photograph the alpine. Trapline Mountain is about 30 kilometres east of Terrace, BC. You get to the mountain first by driving along the road that follows the Copper River and then taking a rough access road to the peak. At […]
“Such miserable pirates are too sordid to engage a photographer to make a special series for them; they prefer to rob an already poorly paid class of men-men who have to depend for their living upon the sale of views taken during the short summer months.” Most photographers today believe that the problems of […]