Podcasts about chilcotin

Host: Allen Wishart Dr Brian Menounos on the Chilcotin landslide, Rick Fewster from Cruising Classics

$500M settlement for bread price-fixing is outrageous, Outrageously low! GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois, Professor & Director of the Agri-Food Analytic Lab at Dalhousie University  BC Lions Update GUEST: Matt Baker, Manager of Communications & Content, BC Lions  The Week That Was in BC Politics GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief  Economic Impact of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour on Vancouver  GUEST: Laura Jones, President & CEO, BC Business Council  Effects of Chilcotin landslide on salmon population GUEST: Scott Hinch, Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC The Wrap - Do Canada's Olympic uniforms suck & A Wearable A-I Friend: Cool or Weird? Guest: Leah Holiove, TV Reporter and Radio Host GUEST: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Nathan Cullen, B.C's Minister of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People are being advised to avoid the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers due to water breaching a dam caused by a large landslide. The situation remains volatile, with ongoing assessments and updates provided through a newly launched information portal. Guest: Tyler Olsen, Managing Editor of the Fraser Valley Current Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: How did Neanderthals go extinct? In 2010, scientists discovered that early humans and Neanderthals interbred, impacting modern humans' circadian rhythms, immune system, and pain perception. However, the reverse gene flow—how humans influenced Neanderthals—remained unclear. Guest: Dr. Joshua Akey, Professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Seg 2: Scott's Thoughts: What's worth spending the money on? Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi Seg 3: View From Victoria: How could we re-structure our health regions? The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines. Seg 4: Is the stock market going to crash? Wall Street experienced its most significant drop in nearly two years amid increasing fears of a slowing U.S. economy. The threat of a recession is a significant concern, potentially impacting both current economic policies and future political strategies. Guest: Dr. Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics at The New School in New York City Seg 5: How significant is the Chilcotin landslide breach? People are being advised to avoid the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers due to water breaching a dam caused by a large landslide. The situation remains volatile, with ongoing assessments and updates provided through a newly launched information portal. Guest: Tyler Olsen, Managing Editor of the Fraser Valley Current Seg 6: Scott's Thoughts: Should we have tighter border restrictions on dogs? Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi Seg 7: Should BC be doing more to prevent ER closures? There have been 70 emergency room closures in Interior Health and Northern Health in July alone, with double-digit closures in communities like Williams Lake, Chetwynd, and Prince Rupert in 2024. The closures, primarily due to staffing shortages, included recent shutdowns in Mackenzie and District Hospital and Chetwynd Hospital. Guest: Adrian Dix, BC's Minister of Health Seg 8: Why did the Park Board launch a complaint against the mayor's office? Vancouver's Integrity Commissioner has released two reports highlighting the strained relationship between Mayor Ken Sim's office and some park board commissioners. The reports were released shortly before a council decision to freeze ongoing investigations by Commissioner Lisa Southern, pending a third-party review of her office. A special council meeting is set to consider the review and suspension of Southern's investigations. Premier David Eby stated that the province would not address the request to abolish the park board until after the provincial election. Guest: Brennan Bastyovanszky, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie and Debbie talk Olympics, Boyd, HUGE jumps, things that gross out your husband, and Equestrian First World Problems. They also speak to Wayne McCrory, the author of The Wild Horses of the ChilcotinHORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 3490 – Show Notes and Links:The HORSES IN THE MORNING Crew: Glenn the Geek and Jamie Jennings from Flyover FarmGuest CoHost: Debbie LoucksTitle Sponsor: Werm FlooringGuest: Wayne McCrory, Author of The Wild Horses of the ChilcotinFollow Horses in the Morning on FacebookAdditional support for this podcast provided by CosequineⓇ, Purina, US Rider, and Listeners Like You!Time Stamps:2:16 - Daily Whinnies20:54 - Wayne McCrory, Author of The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin 46:19 - Glenn Health Update47:37 - First World Problems

GUEST: Willie Sellars, Williams Lake First Nation Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin with an update on the Chilcotin River landslide with Margo Wagner, Chair of the Cariboo Regional District.Officials fear if the blockage clears it could trigger flash floods. Then, as the sunny, warm weather continues, officials are warning about the dangers of cliff-jumping. We speak with Kimiko Hirakida, Education Manager for the LifeSaving Society BC and Yukon Branch. Finally, BC Today gardening columnist Brian Minter joins us to answer our audience's gardening questions.

What caused the Chilcotin landslide? Dr. Davide Elmo, Professor at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should we be worried that there are heavy metals in chocolate? Dr. Leigh Frame, Director of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University The Weekly Cecchini Check-in Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News How UBC researchers accidentally discovered a new, super-black material Dr. Philip Evans, Professor in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia and BC Leadership Chair in Advanced Forest Products Manufacturing Technology What caused the Chilcotin landslide? Dr. Davide Elmo, Professor at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC What's happening with BC United? Kevin Falcon, Leader of BC United Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC government personnel are monitoring the landslide damming the Chilcotin River around the clock with help from drones and helicopters. Guest: Willie Sellars - Williams Lake First Nation Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, August 1, 2024.TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide.Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcastReferenced stories:Story 1 - Amnesty International adds Wet'sewen'ten hereditary chief to list of prisoners of conscience. Story 2 - Employees at two PEI Saltwire newspapers filed to form a union back in October. But they haven't heard back from the Labour Board and they're demanding to know why. Story 3 - Two Radio-Canada broadcasters refused to call the beach volleyball match that featured a convicted rapist. Story 4 - Landslide is blocking the Chilcotin river and officials have ordered the evacuation of people downstream from it, in fear that there may be flooding. Story 5 - Canadian billionaire who founded Swiss Chalet died in obscurity in Paris - and no one seemed to notice. Story 6 - Heat and wildfires are creating terrible conditions in Spain.

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We begin with a live update on the Chilcotin River landslide, which prompted a rescue, evacuation orders and flood warnings. Our guest Brent Ward, Simon Fraser University's Centre for Natural Hazards Research co-director, outlined what to watch out for. Then, in our second half, we present the B.C. Day edition of our Pop Quiz segment hosted by CBC Music Top 20 host Grant Lawrence. Audience members compete for a prize pack.

The history of the barcode Jordan Frith, Pearce Professor of Professional Communication at Clemson University Why is space junk falling from the sky? Dr. Samantha Lawler, Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Regina Can Parkinson's disease be reversed? Dr. Esther Verheyen, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University Is Team Canada's drone scandal part of a bigger problem? Dr. Jennifer Walinga, Professor of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University and Former Olympic Rower for Team Canada How is BC responding to the Chilcotin landslide? Bowinn Ma, BC's Minister of Emergency Preparedness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is BC responding to the Chilcotin landslide? Bowinn Ma, BC's Minister of Emergency Preparedness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am a huge fan of Wayne McCrory's book, The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future. Wayne McCrory is a registered professional biologist specializing in the study of wild horses, bears and western toads. Wayne is a leading expert on bear conservation and human-bear conflict. He was a driving force in the creation of the Khutzeymateen/K'tzim-a-deen Grizzly Sanctuary as well as the Kitasoo Spirit Bear Conservancy, and for 30 years he worked with many others to end B.C.'s grizzly bear trophy hunt. Wayne has published more than ninety scientific reports on wildlife and conservation, including two technical reports on wild horses in BC and Alberta. With horse genetics expert Dr. Gus Cothran, he has coauthored two reports on the genetics of wild horses in the Chilcotin. In Wild Horses of the Chilcotin, there's also kind of a low key mystical aspect to the book too - through the sharing of his dreams and experiences on the land, you get the sense that there's an underlying subtext around a scientist encountering his spiritual self and seeking to defend and protect something bigger, something ineffable yet essential to the human spirit.   Buy the book: The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future Learn more about the Elegesi Qiyus (Eagle Lake Henry) Wild Horse Preserve of the Xeni Gwet'in Watch In the Valley of Wild Horses on YouTube about the Xeni community  Friends of the Nemaiah Valley   *** The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be, JB MacKinnon Sharon Astyk re: collapse Yvonne Owens Recent mask effectiveness research and NIOSH citation by Consumer Reports *** Leave feedback for this episode  

In which Patrick talks with wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory about the beautiful - and surprisingly controversial - wild horses of the Chilcotin region.   In this compelling book, McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot'in culture, a resilient part of the area's balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses' genetic history and significance to the Tŝilhqot'in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them.   Find the book here or at your local bookstore.   --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/)

Travellers are always looking for connection, says Sunrise When the Salmon Come (Cheryl Chapman). Cheryl works with Indigenous Tourism BC to make that connection happen, assisting Indigenous communities and entrepreneurs in sharing their living culture with visitors. She openly shares some of the challenges of telling the truth about colonialism's impacts on First Nations, and tells us how she weaves together a fuller picture of history that leads people to consider how interconnected we are with the land, other people, and all life. Content warning: This episode contains frank discussions of Canada's residential school system and abuses stemming from colonialism in BC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2017 came the wildfires. In 2020, the pandemic. In a time of dramatic changes and climate risks, it's easy to see why this region might be feeling a little disaster fatigue. But Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association is working to support the tourism industry as operators share successes, deliver experiences, and plan for the future. CEO Amy Thacker describes the role her organization is filling and why sustainable actions come naturally to locals, even if they'd use other words to describe it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the Civil War rages in the east, the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia face their own conflicts.

Can travel lead to truth and reconciliation? Mike Retasket, former five-term Chief of Bonaparte First Nation in British Columbia, describes how he shares the dark aspects of history with travellers, and how that storytelling can lead to healing. He's enthusiastic about the opportunities tourism can bring to Indigenous communities, and he shares his unusual journey into the travel industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The Awakeneers are still living in Willow Point and have just released a new single. Cortes Currents interviewed them over ZOOM and we had our cameras turned off to preserve bandwidth. 
 Isa McKenty explained how he came to write ‘December in the North': “It was the day before one of our concerts in the Acoustic Matinee Series. I was supposed to be practicing for that, but it started snowing and I looked out my window. It was so pretty that I wrote ‘December in the North' instead of practicing. It was actually a year to the day between when I started writing the song and when we recorded most of the tracks that you'll hear on the recording,” Cortes Currents: What is the story behind this song? Isa McKenty: “It was many snowy winters in the interior of BC, in Chilcotin and on Cortes. Things like skating on Jack's Pond and with the campfire to warm up your hands afterward; having a wood cook stove and no electricity; coming in from playing. I am the youngest so I remember the fun parts of the snowy winters, not hauling firewood or trying to fix the frozen water pipes or those kinds of things. I remember jumping off the switchback trail to our house into the snow drifts and  basically being taken care of by the other people who were doing the hard stuff.”  
 Cortes Currents: Are these Cortes memories?  
 Isa McKenty: “Some of them are from Cortes, although there's not really enough snow on Cortes to jump in and not hit the ground. (Laughter) The snow-jumping was in the Kootenays.”  
 Cortes Currents: How old were you when you came to Cortes?  
Isa McKenty: “I think I was six.”  
 His father, Robert McKenty, added, “We've heard a lot of original songs for the first time and when this one arrived, just before the Christmas season, it was immediately recognized by all of us that the lyrical line and the whole way that the song came together was really choice.  It covers such a range of simplicity as well as experience that all ages remember and can relate to it, at least if they're from the North and they remember the first snow.”

Quesnel to Barkerville: The story of British Columbia, and how it came to be, has its roots in the Cariboo. Located eighty-six point two kilometers by car on Highway 26 from Cariboo Ford in Quesnel is a place where time stands still. Welcome to Barkerville, the center of the Great Cariboo Gold Rush. Fort St. James: On our adventure, we take you on an odyssey through Central and Northern British Columbia, home to stone sheep, moose, grizzly and black bear, a natural hot springs pool, ancient totems, legendary fishing, glaciers, the Northern Lights, First Nations culture and Fur Trade history. On this episode, We take a “Detour” to explore some hidden gems, off the main road. Today, we begin in Vanderhoof and travel along Highway 16, to Highway 27. Dog Creek and Gang Ranch: On this episode we explore some hidden gems off the main road. Today's detour begins in Williams Lake. Jason Ryle, executive director for the William's Lake and district chamber of commerce. From Williams Lake, we travel along Highway 20, also known as the Chilcotin Highway named after the original stewards of the areas, the Chilcotin people, officially named the Alexander MacKenzie Highway. this is one of the two main East-West routes in the Central Interior of British Columbia. We take a detour off the highway to stop in Dog Creek.

Have you watched Alone Season 8? In this TV show, ten participants were dropped into the remote Chilcotin region of British Columbia to brave the elements of wildlife and isolation. Our guest for this episode is Theresa, also known as @traditional_leather on Instagram, an internationally recognized traditional living skills specialist with a PhD in experimental archaeology and over 30 years of experience in prehistoric skin tanning and clothing construction. Aside from her skills, Theresa's mental strength, resilience, and positive approach in facing adversity make her inspiring. In this episode, we talk about Theresa's experience during the show and how she conquered every struggle she encountered. We also discuss how she started traveling solo and how she sharpened her various living skills during those times. Theresa shares some basic tips for women who want to try solo traveling, and we explore how we can reconnect to our ancestors. Bringing together academic knowledge about the past and the deep understanding of materials and processes possessed by craft practitioners is at the heart of what Theresa does. Aside from her amazing uniqueness, she's delighted and content with the life and career she chose to take. We also talk about the benefits of solitude in building mental strength and resilience. By learning to appreciate your own company, tune out distractions, and rely on yourself for validation and support, you can become more self-aware, confident, and independent. To get in contact with Theresa: Her Website: https://www.theresaemmerich.com/ Her Instagram: @traditional_leather To get in contact with me: My Instagram: @thesolofemaletravelerpodcast My Website: https://www.lucolmenares.com/

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Fresh on the heels of being chosen as BC's Indigenous Operator or Experience for 2023, the Klahoose Wilderness Resort has been picked as one of the wolrd's best new hotels. Every year, AFAR publishes a list of the top 15 new hotels in the world. The editors and contributors research hundreds of properties around the globe for months before making a decision. They personally stay at each hotel as part of the vetting process. There are two Canadian hotels in the list for 2023, and one of them is the Klahoose Wilderness Resort. “To be recognized as one of the 15 hotels worldwide for new product is certainly a big deal to us, and even more so with the fact that we really only had one year of full operation. Employees this past year did an amazing job and we're blessed to have some pretty incredible surroundings at the resort, but this really was recognition that puts us square on the map,” said Jason Johnson, Genearl Manager of QXMC, the Klahoose First Nation's Economic Development Corporation. The Muir Hotel, in the centre of downtown Halifax's waterfront district, is AFAR's other Canadian pick. “I think Canadian product is certainly getting put on that map as well,” added Johnson. According to the description on AFAR: “One luxury of this wilderness retreat owned by the Klahoose First Nation is its location. Accessed via a 60-minute seaplane ride from Vancouver or 45-minute boat transfer from Lund, B.C., the resort is surrounded by more than 2,500 acres of Klahoose territory that the community has protected for centuries. Here, glacial waterfalls plummet down snowcapped mountains and evergreens border the Homfray Channel. The four lodge rooms and three cedar cabins all face the sea, where guests might glimpse humpbacks blowing at sunrise. Activities include Indigenous-led grizzly bear tours, wood-carving lessons from Klahoose interpreter Klemkwateki Randy Louie, and—perhaps the most meaningful experience—a participatory smudging and brushing ceremony around a fire.” This is not the only award the resort has received recently. At their annual conference in Prince George last month, the BC Hotel Association (BCHA) and the Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC) chose the Klahoose Wilderness Resort as this year's ‘Indigenous Operator or Experience.' The other finalists were Nemiah Valley Lodge, in the Chilcotin, and Homalco Wildlife and Cultural Tours, in Campbell River. On the BC Tourism and Hospitality website it states, “This award recognizes Indigenous tourism businesses that demonstrate authenticity, cultivate a greater understanding of Indigenous culture, history and traditions, and contribute to the resilience of the local Indigenous community.” Johnson explained, “We received that at the conference. I was taking aback and certainly didn't have anything prepared. To be recognized in that way after just the one year of full operations … amazing.”

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - On Saturday, September 3, 2022, Christian Gronau installed a 130 million year fossil on the Cortes Island Museum porch. This is the third rock from his collection on display, and fossil #144 of a series. “I believe this quest for fossils, the erratics that he's been searching for has been a 20 year project,” said Melanie Boyle, Managing Director of the Cortes Island Museum and Archives. Gronau added, “It's a very fine specimen, different from the other two specimens that are already there. So it makes a very nice combination.” He wrote, “Every one of the fossiliferous rocks (containing Buchia spp. bivalves) found around Cortes and neighbouring islands, is an ‘erratic.' They have been transported by glaciers of the last Ice Age all the way south from the Potato Range in the Chilcotin  -  a journey of roughly 200 kilometres. The main travel route was down the Homathko River and Bute Inlet.  Once the glaciers escaped the confines of their respective valleys (fjords), they spread out and deposited their rock loads as far as West Thurlow Island and as far south as Smelt Bay, Cortes Island.” He described finding fossil #144 ‘as a collaborative effort in the widest sense of the word.' It came to his attention as a result of a conversation during which his neighbouor told a visitor from Vancouver there are fossils on some of the local beaches. The girl responded, “Oh, I've seen one on Marina Island. It's much bigger than what you are talking about.” She had a photograph of the general location, but said the boulder was too large to move. So with his partner, Aileen Douglas, and regular collaborators, Carrie and Barry Saxifrage, Gronau set out in his boat to find to find the boulder. “We did find it fairly high up the beach on the really bad side of Marina Island, where the boulders reach out about a quarter mile in very erratic patterns and it's tricky boating. We realized that we would have to time the tides and correctly,” explained Gronau. “One beautiful summer day which was very hot, so it was good to work half underwater, we approached the location with our boat. One old trick that every old timer who ever cleared a patch of beach knows, it is a lot easier to move rocks when they're underwater because their buoyancy cuts their weight roughly in half. So we were able to move this boulder underwater onto a wooden ramp that led onto the back transom of our boat and walk the rock, which we estimate was about 300 pounds, up onto our boat. We took it to a boat ramp, onto a dolly to our car and onto the porch of the museum, where it has since been properly installed and on a base and cemented securely so that it won't tip over. It's a very specimen different from the other two specimens that are already there. So it makes a very nice combination.” Boyle added, “Christian's done this beautiful hand painted sign that will track the progress of these erratics and I'm hoping that more and more people will stop by and explore. There's a wonderful binder chronicling the whole quest with his team,His friends who've been on the journey with him and lots of the young people who were inspired by this research, who've probably gone on to careers in geology or palaeontology, many other things.” She added, “Christian has had a long relation with the museum and he has so generously offered off his knowledge through this project, but also just generally.” Gronau also curated the ‘Curiouser & Curiouser' show at the museum in 2018. He has posted 17 blogs on the museum website so far.'Living With (Paper) Wasps' (2015), ‘F stands for Fossil' (2021) ‘The Mystery of the Perambulating Clam' (2022) are among them. This is part one of a series about the erratic fossils found in this area, in part two Christian Gronau describes his research in greater depth.

In this episode Mark explores the June 30th announcement by the Tŝilhqot'in Nation condemning the B.C. government's moose harvest allocation for the Chilcotin Region of British Columbia. Mark provides an overview of the Tŝilhqot'in Nation's concerns, some background on the history of moose in the Chilcotin, findings from the central interior moose research program, how moose hunting opportunity was allocated between First Nations, resident hunters and Guide-Outfitters for 2022, and excerpts from the wildlife managers report explaining how the allocation decision was made and the factors that were taken into account.

For every strong, thriving community, there are people actively keeping it alive at its centre. Whether that’s hosting events, checking in on others, or sharing the living memory of the place, these individuals build an environment where stories are shared and passed to the next generation. But when they’re gone, what happens to their stories? […]

​ Here We Stand with Reverend Kevin D. Annett and guest Suzanne Holland Title: Historic treaty signed between Chilcotin Nation and Republic of Kanata: Kevin Annett and Suzanne Holland ​ Tomorrow on Here We Stand, the Voice of the Republic and the Resistance Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 3 pm pacific, 6 pm eastern, 11 pm GMT on https://bbsradio.com/herewestand   A New Alliance to stop the Tyranny:  Chilcotin National Congress signs a treaty with the Republic of Kanata -        Arrest and Reclamation Actions to be launched    Hear an exclusive interview between Kevin Annett and Suzanne Holland, the Ambassador of the Chilcotin traditional nation, that announces the details of their nations' treaty and how it will stop the Corporatocracy on the ground!           www.murderbydecree.com        www.republicofkanata.org ,   Listen to Kevin and the Voice of the Republic live every Sunday at 6 pm eastern at https://bbsradio.com/herewestand . The website of the Republic is www.republicofkanata.ca See the evidence of genocide in Canada and globally at www.murderbydecree.com and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk4g5l7FcFc&list=PLYEnChrKOgm7aRDzbo6yfswzCEdMl2P8e&index=1  and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czej73SfYJc .

The iconic bridge over the Fraser River some 25 kilometres west of Williams Lake on Highway 20, sometimes referred to as “the gateway to the Chilcotin” has an interesting and colourful history. For eons, a natural slowing of the current in that area of the river made for a suitable crossing site. When the river is at its normal height, the current is usually peaceful enough for boats to cross, and when the flow of water is low, there are spots where animals can easily swim across.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Ulkatcho First Nation is extening the reach of EVs in the Chilcotin with a new charging station. A UNBC basketball player is doing some long-distance running to raise money for his home country of Ukraine.

In this podcast, Charlie tells her and Lisa's comparison of Shangri-La with North America's equivalent, the Chilcotin ArkHow you can benefit from this episode:Learn about the mythical Shangri-La and North America's real equivalent, the Chilcotin ArkDiscover the unique biodiversity and ecosystems of the Chilcotin ArkSee how you can benefit from the Chilcotin Ark and take responsibility to conserve it as a wilderness stewardAt Trails to Empowerment, we strive to empower you on your transformational journey of personal growth by sharing our own experiences with you. We use our Three Pillars of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Self-Development to inspire you to grow and evolve to become your best self. We encourage you to face challenges and push yourself out of your comfort zone, to take responsibility for your self and your environment, to take initiative to make a change, to be independent, yet interdependent in a team. Our community partners are committed to producing high quality content to motivate you on your journey. We also create blogs and videos about our experiences and recommend the books which are central to our philosophy through book reviews on our website. Learn more at https://www.trails-to-empowerment.org/Have you visited our socials yet? Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter Trails to Empowerment to not miss out on any new episodes!

Singer/songwriter Trinity Seely talks about growing up in the remote Chilcotin country of British Columbia, working on ranches in Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana, becoming the Director of the Horse Program at The Thatcher School, and conveying emotion through music.    Find out more about Trinity Seely at www.trinityseely.com   Find out more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com   Become a patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads

Here We Stand with Reverend Kevin D. Annett Title: 11,000 votes and climbing! The Republic of Kanata forges a treaty with the Chilcotin indigenous nation

The Fraser River Bridge goes by a few different names in the Cariboo Chilcotin. It's known as the Sheep Creek Bridge, the Chilcotin Bridge, the Fraser River Bridge and a few other choice names. Whatever you call it there's no denying this bridge opened up access to the Chilcotin area of the province. How did this impact the province at the time? What did it cost? And how in the world did they build something so large and vital in a sparsely populated part of BC? Find out in this months episode! 

We have a different show for you this week! We just finished up a three-day gravel bikepacking trip from Gold Bridge, BC. It was a wild trip with lots of great stories that we share in this episode as we sat down with the whole crew: Rob Britton, Jamie Sparling and Taylor Little. We hope you enjoy it!

Get to know what the Haphazard History of the Cariboo Chilcotin is all about. Originally written as a newspaper column in the Williams Lake Tribune local historian Barry Sale writes, and host Jason Ryll narrates and produces, these historical recounts of this wild and untamed area of the province of BC. Learn the origins of names of streets, local landmarks and what makes this area so unique and important to the development of British Columbia with the Haphazard History of the Cariboo Chilcotin podcast!

Kristopher van Ember of the Chilcotin Lodge was among those who stayed inside an evacuation zone to help fight fires in 2017.

Residential school art exhibit; Space Jam review; Using cattle to slow the spread of wildfires; 100-foot-salmon art being installed near the Skeena River; Safe supply user; Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc releases more details on unmarked graves; Remembering the 2017 Chilcotin wildfires; Current wildfire situation has experts worried; Prince George dancer in new musical-comedy.

Here We Stand with Reverend Kevin D. Annett and guest Suzanne Title: Fighting Genocide through our sovereign nations: A Conversation with Chilcotin indigenous Ambassador Suzanne Holland Opening Song 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqho5R9pZqw&list=RDMM&index=13 They'll never keep us down Opening Song 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4KcJTP8nW8 Ballad of the Green MountainBoys Closing song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpqj3V0s2E Bella Ciao

Moose are vital to many Indigenous communities across so-called Canada. In this episode we learn about Cree moose teachings from Jeff Wastesicoot and Dr. Kevin Lewis before talking to Chief Joe Alphonse (Tŝilhqot'in) and Dara Wawatie-Chabot (Anishinaabe) about their experiences with moose preservation.  We want to recognize that some of the audio for this episde was pulled from a webinar co-hosted by Keepers of the Water, Kâniyâsihk Culture Camps, Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Centre, and Indigenous Climate Action. ---- Jeff Wastesicoot comes from Pimickamack Cree Nation (Cross Lake Manitoba). He has served as a Language consultant and knowledge Keeper for many years. Jeff continues to dedicate much of his time to helping people overcome personal challenges through ceremonies, traditional medicines and counseling. He has dedicated his life to the preservation of the Nehiyew language and culture.  Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis is a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) instructor, researcher and writer. Dr. Lewis has worked with higher learning institutions within the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in the areas of Cree Language Development and Instructional methodologies. For the past 18 years, Dr. Lewis has been working with community schools in promoting land and language-based education and is founder of kâniyâsihk Culture Camps - a non-profit organization focused on holistic community well-being and co-developer of Land-Based Cree Immersion School kâ-nêyâsihk mîkiwâhpa.  Website: KaniyasihkCultureCamps.com Facebook: @nehiyawUniversity Twitter: @theislander7 Instagram: @kaniyasihkculturecamps Dara Wawatie-Chabot is Anishinabekwe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg and Algonquins of Barrier Lake Quebec. A young mother, student, teacher and leader, they have spent time in Ottawa learning about Indigenous and Canadian politics, grassroots activism and levergaging platforms to enhance the voices of the traditional caretakers of Anishinabe Aki. Their work on the Moose Moratorium focuses on solidarity building, advocacy and momentum building. Connect with Dara (Wawatay Creations) Facebook: @WawatayCreations Instagram: @WawatayCreations Connect to the Moose Moratorium Instagram: @MooseMoratorium Twitter: @AnishinaabeMM Chief Joe Alphonse has been the Tribal Chairman of the Tŝilhqot'in National Government (TNG) since 2010 and elected Chief of the Tl'etinqox-t'in Government since 2009. As a fluent Chilcotin speaker, Chief Alphonse is a fifth generation Tŝilhqot'in Chief and the direct decedent of Chief Anaham, the Grand Chief of the Tŝilhqot'in Nation during the Chilcotin War of 1864.  Website: tsilhqotin.ca/ Facebook: @Tsilhqotin Twitter: @tsilhqotin ---- Follow ICA on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook IndigenousClimateAction.com The ICA Pod team is made up of Lindsey Bacigal, Morningstar Derosier, and Brina Romanek.

The new season of 'Alone' has been filmed in the wilderness of B.C.'s Chilcotin region and already tourism operators are seeing an increase in interest.

Big companies could be paying higher corporate tax rates; $1600 goes missing from a bank account and the bank won't say why; RCMP and residential schools; Vanderhoof air show cancels for 2021 while Peace Valley Folk Festival moving forward; New music from Saltwater Hank; Dealing with mental health after the pandemic; How to tell a good (bad) dad joke; Lheidli T'enneh chief wants permanent memorial for residential schools; Largest Nechako River sturgeon ever caught and released; The Chilcotin gets showcased in reality show 'Alone'.

Author Marion Crooks has published a memoir of her time as a nurse in B.C.'s Cariboo-Chilcotin region.

Chilcotin concerns about mine waste; Why do grizzly bears rub on trees; CBC town hall preview; Canadian black history in schools; A senior is ready to roll up her sleeves for the vaccine

The Stock Day Podcast welcomed Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. (BLAGF), a company on track to own 100% of the Pellaire gold property located 160 km southwest of William’s Lake in the Chilcotin range of south-central British Columbia. CEO of the Company, Rana Vig, joined Stock Day host Everett Jolly.  LISTEN TO INTERVIEW HERE: https://stockdaymedia.com/ceo-of-blue-lagoon-resources-inc-rana-vig-is-featured-on-the-stock-day-podcast-blagf-september-29-2020/

I am done with my trip! I share my experience through the road trip driving back from Lillooet as well.

I recount the road trip to South Chilcotin and share why I'm so excited to get on the trail here.

In this podcast, discover what TC learned during her time here and how this helped her experience a transformation.How you can benefit from this episode:Learn why TC came to the ranch and what she experiencedDiscover how TC got out of her comfort zone to try new experiences and face challengesSee how TC experienced a transformationAt Trails to Empowerment, we strive to empower you on your transformational journey of personal growth by sharing our own experiences with you. We use our Three Pillars of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Self-Development to inspire you to grow and evolve to become your best self. We encourage you to face challenges and push yourself out of your comfort zone, to take responsibility for your self and your environment, to take initiative to make a change, to be independent, yet interdependent in a team. Our community partners are committed to producing high quality content to motivate you on your journey. We also create blogs and videos about our experiences and recommend the books which are central to our philosophy through book reviews on our website. Learn more at https://www.trails-to-empowerment.org/Have you visited our socials yet? Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at Trails to Empowerment to not miss out on any new episodes!

In this podcast, Marilen describes her transformational journey at the ranch and how she responded to challenges.How you can benefit from this episode:Learn about Marlien's first impressions of and experiences at the ranchDiscover how Marilen pushed herself out of her comfort zone to try new thingsSee how Marilen had developed by the end of her first week at the ranchAt Trails to Empowerment, we strive to empower you on your transformational journey of personal growth by sharing our own experiences with you. We use our Three Pillars of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Self-Development to inspire you to grow and evolve to become your best self. We encourage you to face challenges and push yourself out of your comfort zone, to take responsibility for your self and your environment, to take initiative to make a change, to be independent, yet interdependent in a team. Our community partners are committed to producing high quality content to motivate you on your journey. We also create blogs and videos about our experiences and recommend the books which are central to our philosophy through book reviews on our website. Learn more at https://www.trails-to-empowerment.org/Have you visited our socials yet? Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at Trails to Empowerment to not miss out on any new episodes!

In this episode of The Silvercore Podcast Travis Bader sits down with Marshall Lowen, a master firearms instructor, Canadian military veteran, master of the hunt and elder in the Metis community. Marshall's Lakota name is Mázawakȟaŋ, which means "many guns". Marhsall shares with us some interesting hunting stories as well as his unique perspective on teaching firearms and hunting to indigenous groups and insight into fostering respect and understanding between indigenous and non-indigenous communities in Canada.   Topics discussed in this episode:   Introduction [00:00:00 - 00:01:09]  Indigenous vs. non-indigenous communities [00:01:10 - 00:14:49] Indigenous community group training & respect [00:14:50 - 00:21:54] Teaching non-indigenous people about the indigenous & possible gaps in understanding [00:21:55 - 00:33:36] Indigenous group hunting & becoming squinted with the indigenous communities to better understand [00:33:37 - 00:37:46 ] Being humble & learning their language [00:37:47 - 00:41:24] Native names, records & dwellings [00:41:25 -00:48:03] Removing pre-conceptions & making culture adjustments [00:48:04 - 00:53:06] Looking after the band & Hunters giving away their first animal [00:53:07 - 00:57:24] Re-gifting, Ton & cleansing [00:57:25 - 01:04:05] Outro [01:04:06 - 01:04:36]   Explore these Resources In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:   Silvercore [00:00:08 - 00:00:42] Chilcotin [00:02:38], [00:12:09], [00:23:47], [00:35:23], [00:39:41], [00:40:02] Musqueam [003:33], [00:17:41], [00:21:45] Squamish [00:03:36] Stradivarius [00:05:26] Bill Reed [00:06:58], [00:21:26] Susan Point [00:06:59] Tsilhqot'in National Government [00:12:15] Gitxsan [00:21:02] The Sparrow decision [00:21:45] The Guerin decision [00:21:48] Wet'suwet'en [00:36:07]   Follow us: Podcast YouTube Newsletter Instagram Facebook Follow our Host Instagram: @ Bader.Trav   Learn More about Silvercore Silvercore Club Online Training  Other Training & Services  Merchandise CORE Training Management Resources (TMR)  Blog Page Join the Conversation We love and encourage audience participation and feedback.   Be sure to join in the conversation by commenting, liking and subscribing.  If you know others who would enjoy our content, we sure would appreciate it if you considered sharing it with them.  This is the best way for our community will grow and improve. 

In this episode, Fenja explains the Whitebark pine story, their importance in the ecosystem and their mutualistic relationship with the grizzly bears, squirrels and Clark's nutcrackers that depend on them.How you can benefit from this episode:Learn why the Whitebark pine became an essential food-source for grizzly bears in the South Chilcotin MountainsDiscover the mutualistic relationship between grizzly bears, red squirrels, Clark's nutcrackers and the Whitebark pine treeSee how the WSF educates about the South Chilcotin area by learning about grizzly bears and Whitebark pine trees in Moira's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF9VXyo61r8At Trails to Empowerment, we strive to empower you on your transformational journey of personal growth by sharing our own experiences with you. We use our Three Pillars of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Self-Development to inspire you to grow and evolve to become your best self. We encourage you to face challenges and push yourself out of your comfort zone, to take responsibility for your self and your environment, to take initiative to make a change, to be independent, yet interdependent in a team. Our community partners are committed to producing high quality content to motivate you on your journey. We also create blogs and videos about our experiences and recommend the books which are central to our philosophy through book reviews on our website. Learn more at https://www.trails-to-empowerment.org/Have you visited our socials yet? Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter @ Trails to Empowerment to not miss out on any new episodes!

In this podcast, Marilen brings you Colette and Jason's journey through the mountains with one of Chilcotin Holiday's mountain horses, Jones, and shares with you what they learned along the way.How you can benefit from this episode:Discover what it's like to hike through the undisturbed wilderness of the Chilcotin MountainsLearn how Jones taught Colette and Jason to slow down and enjoy the momentExperience the rewards of facing a challengeAt Trails to Empowerment, we strive to empower you on your transformational journey of personal growth by sharing our own experiences with you. We use our Three Pillars of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Self-Development to inspire you to grow and evolve to become your best self. We encourage you to face challenges and push yourself out of your comfort zone, to take responsibility for your self and your environment, to take initiative to make a change, to be independent, yet interdependent in a team. Our community partners are committed to producing high quality content to motivate you on your journey. We also create blogs and videos about our experiences and recommend the books which are central to our philosophy through book reviews on our website. Learn more at https://www.trails-to-empowerment.org/Have you visited our socials yet? Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at Trails to Empowerment to not miss out on any new episodes!

In this podcast, Maaike will share the experiences and adventures she had at Chilcotin Holidays during her 3 months' stay after completing the Guide School.How you can benefit from this episode:Learn about Maaike’s struggles and how this motivated her to change something in her lifeExperience how the challenges Maaike faced at the ranch helped her grow and evolveExperience how the ranch environment fosters your personal developmentLearn about the importance of focusing on the right mindsetAt Trails to Empowerment, we strive to empower you on your transformational journey of personal growth by sharing our own experiences with you. We use our Three Pillars of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation and Self-Development to inspire you to grow and evolve to become your best self. We encourage you to face challenges and push yourself out of your comfort zone, to take responsibility for your self and your environment, to take initiative to make a change, to be independent, yet interdependent in a team. Our community partners are committed to producing high quality content to motivate you on your journey. We also create blogs and videos about our experiences and recommend the books which are central to our philosophy through book reviews on our website. Learn more on our Trails to Empowerment website or on one of our podcast channels.Have you visited our socials yet? Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter Trails to Empowerment to not miss out on any new episodes!

PhD candidate Amanda Jeanson at Carleton University's “Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology” program, part of the Cooke Lab, is in BC to find out why their inland recreational rainbow trout fisheries are in decline. Her focus is the Thompson and Chilcotin river systems.Amanda's research has implications for fisheries management and policy development. It's all part of a larger research project called "Sustaining freshwater recreational fisheries in a changing environment" based out of UBC and funded by Genome Canada and Genome BC.Listen this week on Blue Fish Radio as Amanda discusses the importance of building a community when conducting research with anglers, and how this includes a continuous relationship and contact, not a one-time interview. To reach Amanda's re: her citizen science research visit the Anglers Atlas website at: https://www.anglersatlas.com/research/social-ecological-studies-of-inland-recreational-rainbow-trout-fisheriesTo link to the Cooke's Lab online angler survey visit:https://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3X9lAIfOuGKehI9

Wolves are a grizzlies best friend - at least in Yellowstone Yellowstone has become a world renowned laboratory for what can happen when long absent carnivores are returned to the landscape. For decades across North America, predators were seen as the enemy, and targeted for extermination. Bounties were paid for the pelts of wolves, coyotes and other carnivores in order to make the wilderness a more human friendly place. The program resulted in a natural system that ran amok. Food chains evolved over millions and in some cases 10s of millions of years. Every hoofed animal was partially designed by its need to escape predators that were in turn designed to eat them. In some cases, as in the case of snowshoe hare and lynx, both predator and prey evolved the same strategies. Snowshoe hares gradually developed huge back feet to enable them to stay atop deep snows and escape the lynx. In time, the lynx evolved to also have huge feet, negating the hare's advantage. As biologists, we call that co-evolution - two species evolving in concert with each other in the age-old chess match of hunter and hunted. Over time, the predator control programs were very effective over much of their range and wolves were long ago extirpated from places like the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. In their absence, nature didn't rest on its laurels. It continued to evolve based on the now more limited numbers of actors on the stage. In a 2013 study, a research study looked into what impacts removing wolves from Yellowstone may have had on other species, in particular grizzly bears. Normally, we think of animals like wolves and bears as adversaries, both competing for similar prey. Hop onto Youtube and you can find countless examples of wolves and grizzlies battling over carcasses. However when you remove the wolf, might the entire equation change? This study tried to look at what how the Yellowstone ecosystem was impacted by the removal of wolves and how it was further impacted with their return. Looking at mountain landscapes is not all about the pretty pictures that we as visitors take home. Less wolves meant, more elk. Tourists love to take photos of elk. They are one of the main large, charismatic animals that bring tour bus after tour bus into the mountain west. However we also need to remember one important fact. Elk are…what's that word again…oh yah…food! Elk are here not because they are cute and charismatic. They are here because they are made of meat. Ecosystems are a combination of predator and prey. Pressure from predation stimulates adaptation and evolution in their prey animals. This in turn forces the predators to also adapt. Take away the predator and the prey population simply explodes. This is what happened in Yellowstone. With an absence of wolves for more than 70 years, elk and deer numbers had exploded. Everything that was edible was, well, eaten. During this same time, the population of Yellowstone grizzlies also suffered. Could there be some relationship between wolves, elk and grizzly population? This study looked to quantify this relationship. We like to think of bears as carnivores, but in reality, they are omnivores. Most of their diet is made up of plants rather than meat. Uncontrolled elk numbers may have impacted the bears by simply grazing on the plants that produced berries important to those bears. This study examined the idea that taking wolves off the landscape simply changed the landscape to make it less suitable to bears. Grizzlies thrive in forests of aspen, poplar and willow because they tend to have a diverse understory of berry-producing plants like buffaloberry, Saskatoon or Serviceberry and chokecherry.  Too many elk, meant that these shrubs, and even the new shoots of aspen, poplar and willow trees were mere fodder for the endless appetite of the ever growing elk population. In the early days of the absence of wolves, the park did some elk reductions but they stopped those in 1968 with a population of some 3,000 elk. With the programs cancellation, by 1994 the population had grown to a high of approximately 19,000 elk.   New growth of trees and shrubs essentially stopped during this period as every edible shoot, leaf and berry was consumed by the elkopolypse. In a further hit to bear populations, the park closed all of its garbage dumps in 1971. Anyone visiting parks like Yellowstone, or even Banff in those days knew that if you want to see the bears, go to the dump. For bears already stressed by a loss of berry crops, the loss of the easy calories offered by landfills represented another loss in food opportunities for grizzlies. Coincidentally, in 1975 the grizzly bear was designated as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Could reintroducing wolves reverse this trend? In 1995 wolves from Jasper National Park in Canada were captured and reintroduced to Yellowstone. The results have exceeded any expectations although this report was looking at just the impact on grizzlies. With the return of the wolf, populations of both bison and beaver increased, likely due to the increase availability of food. Did the increase in forage improve bear habitat as well? This study looked into the situation before and after wolves were re-introduced. When looking at the amount of fruit composing the diet of Yellowstone grizzlies prior to the reintroduction, they found it was just 2 to 4% as opposed to 28% in British Columbia and 18% in Alberta. In normal ecosystems, fruit composes a critical part of the grizzly bear's diet. The contain huge amounts of carbohydrates that are easily converted to fat. In fact, in episode 42, I spoke about the amazing realization that grizzlies in Alaska will choose Elderberries over salmon when given the opportunity. It seems that berries are the way to go. You can check out that episode at: www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep042. So, we brought the wolves back. Did it make a difference? Well, OK, it exceeded anyone's expectations. Returning wolves to the Yellowstone released something biologists call a trophic cascade. This means that by reintroducing wolves, biologists returned the balance to the landscape and the benefits trickled down through the entire ecosystem. More wolves meant less elk. Even today, the wolves take very few bison simply because they are very formidable prey. Elk, on the other hand are manageable, even in cases where bison are more plentiful. Removing elk allowed forage to grow. Poplar, aspen, and willow, in turn allowed bison and beaver populations to increase. More importantly they also allowed plants to grow. Aspen, poplar, and willow trees thrived. Beneath their canopy berry bushes also began to regenerate. Looking into the effects on the diet of bears, the study showed that fruit consumption more than doubled with the reduction in elk numbers.  In some years, fruit consumption could account for up to 29% of the diet of male bears and as high as 39% for females once the wolves were returned to the landscape. Wolves reduced the elk population by an order of magnitude; from an average of 12.1/km2 in the absence of wolves to just 1-2/km2. If we look at the real benefits of the reintroduction of the wolf and the downward cascade of benefits we would see many things. Wolves preyed on elk, but more importantly changed their behaviour in order to avoid the wolves. They moved out of the valleys allowing those areas to regrow. The height of trees skyrocketed with the freedom to simply grow. Long absent forests of aspen, poplar, and willow thrived. This brought in songbirds that used the trees for nesting sites. Less competition for trees allowed beaver populations to grow as well. The beavers helped the ducks, the fish, the muskrat and even the otters. Wolves are a big predator of coyotes, and as they did this, rabbits, hares and mice numbers exploded, helping to spur populations of weasels, hawks, fox and badgers. Many scavengers rely upon animals like wolves to open up carcasses to allow them to feed. As a result, raven and bald eagle populations increased. We've already mentioned that the bears benefited with more available berries. Remember thought that bears will take a significant amount of newborn elk and moose calves. This meant that the bears worked in concert with the wolves to reduce elk populations, while at the same time benefiting with more available berries. Ok, now are you ready for this. The wolves impacted the landscape, and with that the rivers. The regrowth of plant life helped to stabilize the riverbanks and in turn helped to change the course of the rivers. Scientists call this a trophic cascade. It refers to situations like this, where a predator can create a series of benefits that trickle down the entire food chain. I'll include a link in the show notes to a great video that highlights some of the incredible changes that wolves have brought to the Yellowstone ecosystem. Most importantly for this story though, the wolves have helped the bears to thrive in this renewed landscape. This study also helped to reveal a historically negative aspect of this story. Grizzlies once roamed the mountain west all the way south to Mexico. Looking at the history of the mountains, people moved onto the landscape and culled predators, allowing herbivores to reproduce unchecked, while in many cases introducing cattle to the landscape. All of this would have reduced the forage necessary for bears to survive. Think of this as a grizzly bear famine. 20 to 30% of their normal annual food budget had been removed by overgrazing. Perhaps associated with this, grizzly populations began to drop. This means that the removal of wolves may have played an important role in the disappearance of grizzlies from much of the southwest. Could programs like wolf reintroductions allow bears to also be reintroduced to new landscapes? While bears are much more difficult to reintroduce, I'd love to see the scientists make a concerted effort and investigating the possibilities. It all starts with wolves. Trails - the good and the bad Let's talk about a few trail projects in and adjacent to the Rockies. First I want to talk about the grand-daddy of them all - the Great Trail, formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail.  This month, the world's longest recreational trail opened - and it's in Canada. Formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail, Canada's "Great Trail" has officially opened. In total, it covers some 24,000 km, traverses all 10 provinces and 2 territories, and travels from ocean to ocean to ocean. The announcement means that you can now hike across the country from coast to coast, with an option to head all the way to the Arctic Ocean at Inuvik (although you'd need to follow the East Channel of the Mackenzie River a bit to truly meet the ocean. It is not a true trail, but a collaboration of hundreds of trails, each operated by differing jurisdictions, and then joined together by stretches of road or river where necessary. All-in-all, there are more than 400 trails winding their way across all 10 provinces with a potential detour to the far north. Like any network of its kind, it's a work in progress. Over time, sections involving walking on the shoulder of roads will be replaced by bonafide trails, but after 25 years, it's now a reality. Can you hike it all? Not yet. Think of this as a multi-disciplinary trail. The best way to take in the magic will be to combine hiking, cycling and paddling. Like the earliest days of Canada, for some stretches, the waters show the way. Some 26% of the trail follows waterways, so best to practice your J-stroke if you want to conquer this trail network. Other stretches that are dominated by connecting roadways are better covered on two-wheels. If you want, you can even strap on cross-country skis (or if need be fire up a snowmobile) for some sections. The great trail is a reflection of Canada. It crosses diverse landscapes with varying amounts of development and urbanization. Each section will offer its own unique challenges along with its own vistas. Traveling west across the country, when the trail reaches Edmonton, you'll have to decide whether you want to head south towards Calgary to continue the westward section of the trail, or north towards Inuvik and the Arctic Ocean. Along this northern route, you can select a land-based or aquatic route depending on your preferred mode of exploration. As Canadians, most of us have never traveled from coast to coast to coast. It was less than 10 years ago that I finally traveled west to east but I have yet to explore the north. Perhaps the magic of the Great Trail is in its possibilities. It offers each of us the ability to explore Canada in our own way. Lovers of history can follow the footsteps, or paddleways of those that traveled long before we did. Urban explorers can look for trails that connect in ways that allow them to cycle or perhaps hike from hotel to hotel. Nowhere else is there a network like this one. In some ways, it's not ready for the prime time, but in others, it's prime time to begin to imagine the possibilities that await you on the existing pathways, as well as where new additions of the trail may beckon. As you can imagine, this didn't emerge out of the ether. It took 25 years of volunteer hours and thousands of individuals to bring the trail to the point that we are today. If you'd like to learn more, check out their website at: www.tctrail.ca. If you can contribute to the effort, the Federal Government will contribute 50 cents for every dollar you can spare. There is also an app available on both Android and iPhone to help you navigate along the way. I'll see you on the trail.     Now onto another trail. Over the past year, I've spoken at length about a proposed bike trail planned to run between the town of Jasper all the way to the Columbia Icefields, and eventually to Lake Louise and Banff. This trail was poorly conceived and rammed through with little or no public input, and against the best advice of Parks Canada's own scientists. You can read more about the trail plans by checking out episodes 3, 23, and 26. Episode 26 especially, brings out the backroom dealings that occurred in order to force the trail through the approval process. You can listen to it at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep026. The public opinion on the trail has been overwhelmingly negative and it seems that, for the moment at least, the trail has been put on hold. The trail was tied to dollars that had a deadline of 2-years to be spent and that time is running out. Jasper currently has hundreds of kilometres of trails that are virtually impassable due to a decade of neglect during the Harper years. During that time, all the focus was on getting more and more cars through the park gates so they could claim the $8 bucks a head per day. The backcountry was largely forgotten. I first came to the mountains in 1980 to walk the South Boundary Trail in Jasper. At the time, this 176 km trail was the longest in the mountain parks. Today, parts of the original route are impassable. $86 million dollars could go a long way towards repairing overgrown trails,  replacing bridges and upgrading long neglected backcountry campgrounds, hanging racks and outhouses. It now seems that there is hope that this trail will be cancelled. The time limit on the money is running out. The park is now, after being pilloried in the media, doing more extensive public consultations, but the trail is no longer connected to any definite timeline. According to a recent article in the Rocky Mountain Outlook, Parks spokesperson Audrey Champagne stated: “After the consultation periods, if the decision is to move forward with the concept, new project timelines would be established” If the decision is eventually made to move forward, they'll try to get a continuation on the original $70 million that was earmarked in the 2016 budget.   As the author of two books on mountain biking, I'm not opposed to mountain biking as a valid use of the backcountry. However ill-conceived trails will always be ill-conceived. New trails need to take into account new realities, like wildlife movement corridors and habitat patches for endangered or threatened animals like caribou and grizzly bears. This trail not only traveled through critical habitat for the endangered mountain caribou, but also that of grizzly bears, a threatened species in Alberta. At the same time, creating a trail would also create openings in the canopy which would promote the growth of buffaloberries. Bikes and buffaloberries don't mix. The trail would increase the likelihood of bear bike conflicts along its route. The public consultation ended in April of 2017, but the Indigenous consultation is just in the process of ending. There should be an opportunity for further public and indigenous consultation once the draft of the detailed impact analysis is competed so stay tuned. I'll leave a link in the show notes so that you can stay on top of current updates on the trail's status (https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper/info/plan/sentierdesglaciers-icefieldstrail) Hopefully, we'll see this project quietly slip into the dustbin of history and see the dollars dedicated to iconic trails that have been neglected in favour of the frontcountry. Parks are for all Canadians, and not just for those visiting the paved corridors. Let's all fight to make sure that the backcountry trails are refurbished to make sure that tomorrows wilderness wanderers will have an opportunity to explore the further reaches of the park. Thars Gold in British Columbia Many years ago, I wrote a magazine article on the legend of the Lost Lemon Mine in Alberta. I interviewed a long time prospector, Mike Czech who had prospected in the Yukon and southern Alberta in search of the famed Lost Lemon Mine. I was writing an article on this legendary bonanza when suddenly, his wife looked at me and said…"don't get the gold fever!" Her message was that once you get the fever, there is no inoculation. She had been married to a prospector for more than 50 years and had moved from place to place and the hope for the big strike had always been a part of her life as well. Gold Fever is real…once you catch it, it stays with you, and the genesis of British Columbia can be, to a great extent, connected to gold fever. Now if you're not familiar with the symptoms, they often began/begin accidentally. Wilderness wandering was often a pre-requisite. Gold doesn't just pop up anywhere but, like finding a unicorn, it suddenly appears to that individual that not both wandered and observed. In British Columbia, like most places where gold is discovered, discoveries began with a rumour, which evolved into a story which excited the imaginations of adventure seekers, leading to a sudden migration into a wilderness area lacking utilities, support systems, or any of the things people took for granted in civilization. In 1851, a 27 oz nugget from the Queen Charlottes, known as the Haida Gwaii today, was traded in at Fort Victoria. Now you can't just walk into a trading post, drop of an almost two pound chunk of gold and then just wander back to your pickup like nothing unusual has happened. A nugget means people take notice and after this nugget was traded for 1,500 Hudson's Bay Company Blankets, it was brought to the attention of Governor Richard Blandshard. He sent a message to the British Secretary of War and the Colonies (Yup, we were part of the department of war). In it he stated: "I have heard that fresh specimens of gold have been obtained from the Queen Charlotte Islanders. I have not seen them myself, but they are reported to be very rich. The Hudson's Bay Company servants intend to send an expedition in the course of the summer to make proper investigations. The brigantine Huron was dispatched accordingly, ostensibly to trade, but really to search for gold. Failing in which, the men broke up part of a quartz ledge, and carrying pieces on board their vessel, returned in triumph to Victoria" In the end though, this first goldrush didn't produce much gold, but it did see enough people flooding into the territory that the region was designated as the unified Colony of British Columbia. Prior to this, there was a colony on Vancouver Island, with James Douglas as the governor. Douglas was also an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and so was also in charge of the lands on the mainland although they were not part of the original colony. In a way, the crown colony of British Columbia owes its genesis to the search for gold. While the first taste of gold in the Haida Gwaii had not panned out, in 1857 rumours surfaced of a new gold strike on the Thompson River, downstream of Fort Kamloops. The gold was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company and in Feb of 1858, Douglas dispatched the steamship Otter to San Francisco with 800 ounces of gold for minting. Within weeks, miners began to arrive on the Fraser River. The first gold strikes were around just a few kilometres above the city of Hope. The new governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas, hired gold commissioners to intercept American prospectors and make them buy licenses, stake claims and record their progress. This was needed to help maintain sovereignty over the new colony as much as it was to make sure that the gold didn't disappear into the U.S. without helping to enrich British Columbia first. In the spring of 1858, shiploads of miners from San Francisco began to arrive at Fort Victoria. Now keep in mind that Fort Victoria was home to a mere 400 people, but between May and July, some 23,000 gold seekers departed San Francisco to arrive at a Fort completely overwhelmed. When they arrived at the growing tent city, only then did they learn that Fort Kamloops was still 600 km distant, and on the mainland, across the Strait. Many built their own boats to try to beat the crowds across the 32 km crossing and up the Fraser towards Fort Yale. Many miners simply began to pan there, pocketing 4-5 ounces per person per day. The more adventurous though, headed upriver on foot. If there was gold in the gravels, then the motherlode must be upstream. Some miners brought with them both experience and instinct. Some, it seemed, could smell the gold. One of these included a group of five Americans led by Peter Curran Dunlevy from Pittsburgh. Like their contemporaries, they began staking claims upstream from Fort Yale, but soon ventured upstream, far upstream. By May, they were panning near the confluence of the Chilcotin and Fraser Rivers, near to present-day Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park. While there, they met a native named Tomaah, the son of Chief Lolo St. Paul. When he asked what they were doing, they showed him a few flakes of gold. Tomaah then claimed that he could "show them a river where gold lay like beans in a pan." The miners would need to stock up on supplies though, and Tomaah promised to meet them at Lac La Hache, some 65 km east as the crow flies. The party purchased a tonne of provisions and 12 packhorses in Fort Kamloops and headed to Lac La Hache. Tomaah, asked his friend Baptiste to show them the river of gold and after several days of travel, they came to a river that they named the "Little Horsefly" because of the hordes of biting flies that plagued them. One of the party, Ira Crow panned the very first gold from the area of British Columbia that would soon be known as the Cariboo. Dunlevy's party had swelled to some 12 men but they struck it rich. They left the area with gold rumoured to have been worth more than a million dollars - that's a million dollars in 1859 dollars. It's the equivalent to winning the lottery. They took their money and moved on. Some, like Dunlevy, continued to invest in the goldrush, opening roadhouses and freighting operations to help other miners along the Cariboo Road as it the area was opened up to easier access. The route to the Cariboo was long, hard and dangerous. James Douglas, the acting Governor of the Crown Colony, informed London: "Another important object I have in view is the improvement of the internal communications of the country, which at present are, for all practical purposes, nearly inaccessible beyond Fort Yale." A road to the Cariboo would not only assist the miners in traveling safer, but would also assist in making sure that the 49th parallel remain as the border between Canada and the U.S. Long before getting permission to build the road, Douglas met with miners and promised that his government would trade them transportation, equipment and food in exchange for a 1.2 metre-wide mule trail through the wilderness as far as Lillooet. To make sure they didn't desert, the miners were required to place a $25 deposit which would later be redeemed in supplies from Lillooet. It also helped to add a few dollars to the road building fund. This road wouldn't follow Fraser past Yale though, but would rather follow the route of the Lillooet River across Harrison, Lillooet, Anderson and Seton Lakes. Alexander Caulfield Anderson had traversed the route in 1847 and was put in charge of the construction. Workers were organized into groups of 25 and dispersed along the route. There were 500 workers on the road by mid-August. In the meantime, the British Government replied to Douglas' original dispatch: "Her Majesty's Government propose sending to British Columbia at the earliest possible opportunity an Officer of Royal Engineers and a Company of Sappers and Miners made up of 150 non-Commissioned Officers and men." By December, 1858 it was reported by the Victoria Gazette that: "Good boats are running on all the lakes, while numerous houses for public entertainment are opening up all along the line. " In one of the strangest stories of the Cariboo Goldrush, Gustavus Blin Wright imported 23 camels at the cost of $7,000. He believed that they could carry twice the weight and cover more distance than mules and horse. What he didn't count on was that their feet were far too soft for the coarse terrain and the fact that horses and mules would stampede when they smelled the strong smells that the camel radiated. In the end, the idea was a total bust. Miners petitioned to have the "Dromedary Express" banned from the road and, in the end, they were simply turned loose. The last one died in 1905 south of Kamloops near present-day Westwold, B.C. Douglas then shifted his attention to the Fraser Valley route to the Cariboo. In 1860, he sent out construction parties to improve the road between Yale and Lytton. There was already an established route from Lytton up to the gold fields. In the end, this Cariboo Road turned out to be a much faster route than Douglas' original route to Lillooet and it quickly took on the majority of the traffic. In just over a year, Douglas has built two major roads towards the gold fields of the Cariboo. He has developed a system of gold commissioners to monitor the miners, the claims and the findings. For many, he is considered the father of British Columbia. Next week we'll follow the story as the Cariboo really begins to get the gold fever. And with that it's time to wrap this episode up. I want to thank you for sharing your time with me and be sure to check out the show notes for links and additional information. You can find them at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep045. Don't forget to click the subscribe button - cmon…do it now! To make sure that you don't miss any episodes. And as always, if you'd like to reach out to me personally you can drop me a line at ward@wardcameron.com or hit me up on twitter @wardcameron. You can also visit our FaceBook page at www.Facebook.com/wardcameronenterprises. And with that said, the sun's out and it's time to go hiking. I'll talk to you next week.

All three co-hosts, Kevin Spenst, RC Weslowski, and Pam Bentley, get together for the first time for a Tickle Trunk show with poems Kevin has chosen by Elena Johnson, Catherine Owen, Rob Taylor, Raoul Fernandes, Jonina Kirton; and one by Tony Brown + one by Don McIver chosen by RC, and one by Robert Mirabal chosen by Pam.

PJ Hunton is an engineer at Norco Bicycles. He is also one of the fastest mountain bikers around. He has spend years exploring the Chilcotin's in BC, frequently doing un-supported multi-day mountain bike trips. He is a father of two. We speak about risk, adventure, technology, progression, strava, clipless pedals, and work/life balance. This episode is brought to you by my membership site for mountain bikers, RL Connection.  

The Tsilhqot'in Nation marked 150 years since their war chiefs were wrongfully executed by the colonial government of what is now British Columbia, Canada. In the 1860s, British settlers tried to build a road to the Caribou gold fields – right through Tsilhqot’in territory. The nation had been decimated by smallpox and the road was seen as a path for more disease. The nation fought back and the colony responded with military force - touching off the Chilcotin War. Authorities invited the Tsilhqot’in to peace talks, but instead their war chiefs were arrested, tried and hanged on October 26, 1864. Before his execution, Chief Lhatsassin declared that the Tsilhqot’in had meant “war not murder.” The road was never completed. In June of this year, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed Tsilhqot’in ownership of its territory for the first time in the country’s history. Chief Roger William credits the war chiefs for the win. “Our people really feel that the sacrifices of those warrior leaders are the reason we won Aboriginal title.” On October 26, 2014, the provincial government exonerated the Tsilhqot'in chiefs and apologized to the nation for their wrongful execution. “We call it a good start,” says Chief William, but “there’s more work ahead.” Credits: Percy Guichon was recorded live at the Union of BC Indian Chiefs' office, on June 26, 2014 Lisa Hale's intro was originally broadcast on Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014 on NationalNativeNews.net radio network Marilyn Baptiste clip: "Blue Gold: The Tsilhqot'in Fight for Teztan Biny (Fish Lake)" Image: Shawnswanky.com Music: Rebel Spell "Tsilhqot'in"

Gerhard's West Canada Euer Wegweiser den Westen Canadas für euch zu entdecken Vom offenen Weideland zum Küstenregenwald Begleitende Internetseite, Bilder und Kartenausschnitte www.gerhards-west-canada.de   In den bisherigen Folgen der Podcast-Serie Gerhard's West Canada hat man sich nahezu den ganzen Süden British Columbia's, sowie den Südwesten der Nachbarprovinz Alberta erschlossen. Es waren auch einige Tipps dabei das Reisen mit einem Wohnmobil betreffend, sowie was es bedeutet, seinen eigenen Camper in Kanada zu besitzen. Auch von Erlebnissen auf Entdeckungsfahrten mit dem Kanu wurde berichtet. In den Episoden ist man von Vancouver und Vancouver Island aus, durch die Region Thompson Okanagan und durch die Kootenay Rockies bis an die Rocky Mountains herangekommen. Dann in den Rockies vom Mount Robson Park im Norden, durch den Jasper und Banff National Park bis hinunter zum Waterton Lakes National Park im Süden an der Grenze zu den USA. Auf dem Cariboo Highway kommt man bequem in Nord-Süd-Richtung durch den Cariboo Destrict der Region British Columbia's "Cariboo Chilcotin Coast". Wer für sich auch die westlich des Cariboo Destricts gelegenen Bezirke "Chilcotin" oder gar die Küstenregion entdecken will, der muß bei Williams Lake nach Westen vom Cariboo Highway abbiegen, um Vom offenen Weideland zum Küstenregenwald zu gelangen. Viel Vergnügen beim Zuhören, der Reiseplanung und natürlich dem Wichtigsten, der Reise selbst. Herzlichen Gruß Gerhard Ibl

Gerhard's West Canada Euer Wegweiser den Westen Canadas für euch zu entdecken Cariboo Chilcotin Coast - Impressionen Begleitende Internetseite, Bilder und Kartenausschnitte www.gerhards-west-canada.de   In den bisherigen Folgen der Podcast-Serie Gerhard's West Canada hat man sich nahezu den ganzen Süden British Columbia's, sowie den Südwesten der Nachbarprovinz Alberta erschlossen. Es waren auch einige Tipps dabei das Reisen mit einem Wohnmobil betreffend, sowie was es bedeutet, seinen eigenen Camper in Kanada zu besitzen. Auch von Erlebnissen auf Entdeckungsfahrten mit dem Kanu wurde berichtet. In den Episoden ist man von Vancouver und Vancouver Island aus, durch die Region Thompson Okanagan und durch die Kootenay Rockies bis an die Rocky Mountains herangekommen. Dann in den Rockies vom Mount Robson Park im Norden, durch den Jasper und Banff National Park bis hinunter zum Waterton Lakes National Park im Süden an der Grenze zu den USA. Noch im südlichen Teil British Columbia's gibt es eine atemberaubende Landschaft, die sich von den Coast Mountains an der Pazifikküste im Westen bis hin zu den Cariboo Mountains am Wells Gray Park im südlichen Central BC erstreckt. Ein erster Eindruck von der Region Cariboo Chilcotin Coast - Impressionen Viel Vergnügen beim Zuhören, der Reiseplanung und natürlich dem Wichtigsten, der Reise selbst. Herzlichen Gruß Gerhard Ibl