People & Culture
American draft dodgers and free-spirited young Canadians alike were drawn to B.C.’s Kootenay region in the late 60s and early 70s by cheap land and the chance to “turn on, tune in and drop out” amid the mountains and lakes
From the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco to Nelson, British Columbia — today we explore American hippie counterculture north of the 49th parallel.
What if you took this cyclone of hippie spiritual thinkers and draft dodgers, free love and anti-war sentiment out of San Francisco? What if you transplanted a piece of it into an absolutely unpolarized, idyllic British Columbia town? What would all this look like almost six decades later? That’s the question we answer today. San Francisco journalist Breena Kerr went to Nelson to find the story.
Special thanks to the Jay Kipps Band for our theme song. Check them out at jaykippsband.com.
Wildlife
Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between mainland B.C. and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
Environment
Struggle and success in Atlantic Canada, where aquaculturists strive to overcome climate change and contamination while chasing a sustainable carbon footprint
People & Culture
Indigenous journalists are creating spaces to investigate the crimes committed at Indian residential schools, grappling with unresolved histories and a reckoning that still has a long way to go