Hollywood North…West?

If you’re old enough, maybe you remember 1982’s The Thing, an icy little nightmare directed by horror master John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, a shaggy-haired, blue-eyed ’70s everyman who battles a terrifying threat from beyond. Set in a remote, Antarctic outpost, it mines a fear of emptiness and the dread of the unknown – all while riffing on the predictable plot lines of an “and-then-there-were-none” type thriller. It may have been set at the South Pole, but look closer: that’s really the wintry wilds of northwest B.C.!

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Save the trees, crack a cold beer

Raise a toast to the Mountain Pine Beetle – scourge of B.C.’s forests – by settling into the cheapest six-pack in the province. Turns out the nasty little critters are good for something.
A brewing company in northern B.C. has taken a cue from that old beverage adage, If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade. But [...]

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Sasquatch sightings are still a hot trend, new footprints suggest

Related: Things I liked in 2008 – Sasquatch sightings along Hwy 16
They’re baaack.
After enjoying a banner year in northern B.C. last year, sasquatches – well, their footprints, anyway – are once again being reported along Highway 16.
Residents along this fairly remote stretch of highway, a ribbon of asphalt that links Prince George in Canada’s westernmost [...]

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Dear ex-Kitimat council, I secretly hated you, sincerely Gordon Campbell

I wasn’t impressed with something the premier said last week on the hustings in the northwest.
He told reporters he was frustrated by the previous district council’s stance over Alcan power sales and blamed their stubborn pursuit of the issue for hurting the town. In short, Campbell said it’s no wonder Rio Tinto Alcan didn’t get [...]

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Glitter Gordon Campbell

Taking a wrong turn on the road to Hockeyville via Blingee.com…

Glitter Graphics

PS Vote for Terrace!
UPDATE: Hey everybody, Terrace won! Thx for the boost, Gordo!

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Things I liked in 2008 – the black bear who went to Subway

A lone Subway employee in Kitimat, B.C., got the surprise of her life this summer, when dark and early one morning a black bear with the munchies wandered into the deserted sandwich joint hoping to find a snack.
The persistent bear managed to open the restaurant door and walk inside.
The employee, working all alone in the [...]

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Things I liked in 2008 – Sasquatch sightings along Hwy 16

See also: Sasquatch sightings are still a hot B.C. trend
After spending the past couple of decades pushed to the sidelines while jazzier unexplained phenomena like crop circles, alien abductions, and UFO reports grabbed all the attention, North America’s elusive, hairy ape-man is back, baby.
Community newspapers along a stretch of remote highway in northern B.C. were [...]

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Travel tell-all? Or just another ego trip…

Writer, pioneering English teacher abroad and former magazine editor Chuck Thompson promises to lift the lid on the travel writing industry in his new book, tantalizingly titled Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer.
Things start out with a suitably appalling anecdote set in a greasy Thai bar, involving an ex-pat Australian – [...]

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