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Game On! in the Kootenays
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Dave Quinn.
The winter skies this year have dumped some of their best early season snow in a long while.
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The Kootenays: Avalanche!
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by BCAA.
By Dave Quinn
In hindsight, a sudden, low “whumph” should have been my first warning that I was about to be buried in an avalanche. Yet all I really remember is arcing my skis toward safe terrain in the trees – as, instead of slowing, I, and the entire snowslope around me accelerated – over the [...]
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The Kootenays: A Remembrance Day Ode
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by BCAA.
For the past 11 Remembrance Days, retired pilot and vintage aircraft restorer Neil Davidson has been paying homage to Canada’s war veterans in his own way. On the 11th day of the 11th month, at precisely 11 a.m., Neil buzzes the crowd at Kimberley’s cenotaph in his completely refurbished 1940 Tiger Moth biplane.
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B.C. Landmarks: Jericho Beach Dock Threatened
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Kerry Banks.
A crumbling concrete wharf on Vancouver’s waterfront has become the focus of a controversy that refuses to die
by Kerry Banks
From 1921 to 1945, Jericho Beach was home to the Pacific Coast Station of the RCAF, and a concrete wharf was built as part of its seaplane base. The structure’s perimeter was later enhanced during the [...]
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Vote for Your Favourite Photo – For BCAA's 2010 Calendar
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Kerry Banks: You make some great points and I can't dispute you...
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Jan: I find it hard to say just how much I dislike the ...
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Bernice Paul: Our mayor Gregor Robertson and his team is doing e...
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Nancy Roebuck: As a child in the 50s I listened to Lost Horizon o...