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Shirley Bond

BC Province: Looking forward to another successful tourism year

BC's hotels and restaurants and tourism attractions are gaining an exceptional reputation around the world and boosting our appeal as a destination.

Why does logging trump tourism in the Discovery Islands and Desolation Sound?

Jack Springer of Campbell River Whale Watching has a primarily European clientele. “It’s very difficult to explain to them what is going on here,” he said.

'AskAway' library service shuts down

It was the day B.C.'s libraries pulled the plug on the AskAway! Program, which let patrons from all over the province ask questions of librarians online, in real time, and receive an immediate answer.