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We are on the monorail heading to the Magic Kingdom to canvas many updates from the Emporium to Big Thunder, from the Astro Orbiter to the new DVC lounge, McKim's Mile House. In the process we'll check on all sorts of construction activity, visit a number of shops throughout the park, and take in Gaston's Tavern, where we try out some new tasty treats. Join us on the Magic Kingdom Update here at Disney Insights. _________________________________________________________________________ More Disney Insights can be found below! The Wayfinder Society--Disney Insights Patreon Page--More Disney Insights to interact with, while supporting the podcast. Here we bring the best in Disney both in terms of the magic of the parks as well as the business behind the magic! And now as part of Disneyland's 70th anniversary, we have a new interactive Disney Insight Fact Discovery, which unlocks scores of fascinating details few know about. With text, images, video and audio, we explore these realms whether you are right on the streets of the "Happiest Place on Earth" or enjoying it virtually from your own couch at home. Join today! Disney Insights YouTube Page--Check it out and subscribe. DisneyInsights.com--So many resources at our home site. Be sure to subscribe to receive notice of upcoming podcasts. Disney Insights Facebook Page--Come join and interact in conversation with others. ________________________________________________________ Check out Zanolla Travel to book your next vacation! David & Leah Zanolla ZanollaTravel.com Owner/Agents (309) 863-5469 _________________________________________________________________________ Performance Journeys This podcast and post is provided by J. Jeff Kober and Performance Journeys, which celebrates more than 20 years as a training and development group bringing best in business ideas through books, keynotes, workshops, seminars and online tools to help you take your organization to the next level. Want a Keynote Speaker? More than just nice stories, I offer proven insight and solutions having worked in the trench. Need Consulting? I've worked for decades across the public, private and non-profit arena.  Need Support? We offer so many classroom, online, and other resources to help you improve your customer service delivery, leadership excellence, and employee engagement. Contact us today, and let us help you on your Performance Journey!

It's time for another round of DVC This or That! In this episode of The DVC Show, the team faces off with some tough choices and friendly debate over all things Disney Vacation Club and Walt Disney World. From choosing the better water park to weighing in on resort refurbishments, food, and fan-favorite experiences—this episode has it all!What we cover:

It's a celebration of Epcot in this week's episode of the Travelmation Podcast! Join us as we review some of the most popular dishes from Flower and Garden Festival. Plus, is new content coming for Figment? Bob Iger says, "Yes!" Then finally, McKim's Mile House is now open for DVC members in the Magic Kingdom and a brand new lounge is coming to Epcot in 2025 and we have all the details!

Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week, the geeks discuss The Muppets of the week, a Boysenberry Festival at Knott's, the new Spaceship Earth Loung coming to EPCOT, McKim's Mile House at Magic Kingdom, and the new trailer for Freakier Friday. The Geeks introduce a new segment called The Bests! In this, they decide the best of a lot of different topics in the realm of Disney and positive stuff! This week includes Disney snacks, dark rides, lands, and more! We hope you enjoy this week's episode of Geeks Corner! Join the conversation in the comments! We'll see you 'round the corner!THE WEEK IN GEEKWhat Muppet This Week? Knott's Boysenberry Festival PreviewGEO-82: What's in a Name? https://dapsmagic.com/2025/03/details-and-name-revealed-for-epcots-spaceship-earth-lounge/ McKim's Mile House Opens at Magic Kingdom https://dapsmagic.com/2025/03/mckims-mile-house-opens-at-magic-kingdom/ First Trailer for Freakier Friday Released https://dapsmagic.com/2025/03/freakier-friday-trailer-lindsay-lohan-and-jamie-lee-curtis-swap-things-up-again/ 

Bill Campbell is the owner of Bill Campbell Photography, a renowned photography business based in Prince George, BC. He offers a broad range of services, including commercial and lifestyle photography for businesses, Tourism Boards, fine art prints, branded calendars, and captivating blog and written content. A father of two and an avid outdoorsman, Bill is passionate about hiking, mountain biking, snowboarding, kayaking, and stargazing. Growing up in 150 Mile House near Williams Lake, he developed a deep appreciation for nature from a young age, which continues to shape his work and lifestyle. Driven by a love for adventure, wildlife, and the natural world, Bill uses his photography to inspire others to explore and cherish the beauty around us—especially the often-overlooked landscapes of Northern BC. His work has been featured by prominent clients, including Tourism BC, Tourism Prince George, 6ix Sigma Media, Freeride Magazine (Germany), and CWB Bank. In 2015, Bill was honored to be selected as the lead photographer for the Canada Winter Games held in Prince George, BC—a milestone that reflects his talent and dedication to his craft.

Day 85 of my Around the World Ride: I rode 185 miles (298 km) from 100 Mile House to Whistler, BC, Canada.

Day 84 of my Around the World Ride: I rode 171 miles (275 km) from Hixon to 100 Mile House, BC, Canada.

Tune in to Episode 4 in Season 3 of our BC's Path to Universal Child Care Podcast. Today we welcome you back to our podcast with our special guest: Carrie McCormack, a Program Coordinator with the Child Care Resource and Referral Program in Williams Lake.We are honoured and grateful to welcome Carrie McCormack to share insights on  exploring how to create and sustain meaningful, relevant, and what Carrie describes as “heart changing” professional development through communities of practice:My name is Carrie McCormack and I am the Program Coordinator at Women's Contact Society for Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR), in Williams Lake, BC.  I was born in Williams Lake, grew up in the 100 Mile House area and then jumped on a Greyhound bus headed for Vancouver, about an hour after graduation.  I worked with TELUS (formerly BC Tel) for 20 years, BC Parks and The Terry Fox Foundation before returning to Williams Lake to support a career opportunity my husband had.  Full circle moment!  I am a big hearted, passionate and silly Grandma to 2 grandchildren, a partner and friend to my funny guy, Ron, a Mom, a sister, a daughter to Metro (Ukrainian) and Shirley (Huron Nation and French Canadian) and a friend to most everyone and those creatures that don't scare me too much.  I love sharing food and having a table full of family, friends, or the many strays my children brought home over the years. I attended University in 2019 to begin my Human Services education.  I gained a certificate as a Community Support Worker/Education Assistant, after year 1, and completed my practicum at Women's Contact Society.  I was offered the position of Program Coordinator for CCRR and accepted it with excitement and little apprehension.Age and experience have taught me that if I want to continue to grow and enjoy life's continuous surprises, I should always take the path that is a little uncomfortable, unknown or even a little awkward.  So right after I said yes to working with the ECE Bursary Team my first thoughts were, "What exactly does a Program Coordinator do? Who is ECE Pro D Bursary? and What's an ELF Communities of Practice?  ELF must be a game they teach us to play with children!"Here I am, over three years later wrapping up our fifth Communities of Practice on April 20th, 2024.  I can't wait to spend time in person with this group and Katie Crosby, Occupational Therapist, who has been working with us for over two years now.  It feels more like I'll be attending a high school reunion than a professional gathering as we have created such deep connections, support, trust in each other after sharing our stories, lots of laughs and some tears.    I am so grateful to the ECE Pro D Bursary team for their encouragement and support over the past three plus years.  The debriefs after each COP session were game changers for me and impacted the way I approach training and sharing information.  And to the participants who showed up for me, the children, their families, themselves.  Thank you for showing up, sharing, leading, questioning and impacting my heart, my work, my life.  What a gift you all have been.     I will close with this thought.  Prepare, plan, set the table and serve an appy (topic of discussion or something to ponder) and then let go and immerse yourself in the dinner conversation.  And maybe…just maybe, someone might ask about something that's not on the table.  Wowzer! If you're interested in starting your own community of practice with child care educators in your region reach out to us by visiting the ECE Professional Development Bursary website at eceprodbursary.org.

Vancouver-based artist Amy Stewart has been drawn to the interconnections of art, play and nature since her childhood in 108-Mile House, British Columbia, where she spent most of her time outdoors. That first northern home continues to dominate much of Amy's current artistic world. The memories of childhood and nature shape her adult imagination, and they are reflected in her paintings' rich textures and vibrant tones. Her pieces are often inspired by the feelings that come both from the natural world and from engaging fully in her community and with her loved ones. “I paint how I feel and who I am,” Stewart explains. And that sense of humanity—the private experiences of suffering and celebration—is evoked by her canvases' unique explorations of colour, which range from exuberant bursts of brightness to contemplative reflections on darkness. Learn more about the artist here. Learn more about the podcast here.

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Providing air quality monitors to the 100 Mile House community. Guest: Amber Vigh - co-founder of Carter's Project and mother of the late Carter Vigh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  From a murdering hostess on the Gold Rush trail to bodies dumped in a lake, 108 Mile has it all! Including a ton of Ghosts.  Join us as we head in to 108 Mile House historic site and experience the energy for ourselves and learn way more about the ghosts who still haunt and perhaps wait with murderous intent on the old gold rush trail of the Caribou  Region in North-Central British Columbia. 

Paul Harvey - Grapevine Road and Eight Mile House

You've heard of the mystery of Flight MH370 and DB Cooper, but have you heard of Canada's greatest Aviation mystery?  On July 8, 1965, Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 took off from Vancouver International Airport at 2:24PM with a final destination of Whitehorse. The flight was as milk run flight, meaning that along with carrying passengers it was also delivering fresh food, medical supplies and mail to northern communities making several stops along the way.  Flight 21 however never made it to its first stop.  Listen as we discuss the largest unsolved aviation crash in Canadian history.  Thank you to our amazing listener's for suggesting this story.  If you would like to suggest a case please email podcastbyproxy@gmail.com with the subject line “Case Suggestion”.   -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos    Sources: A Brief Guide To Alaska Airlines' Milk Run Flights (simpleflying.com) Unsolved Explosion: The Story Of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 (simpleflying.com) Flight 21 crash near 100 Mile House remains a mystery 50 years later | Globalnews.ca Crash of Flight 21 near 100 Mile House almost 50 years ago still a mystery - BC | Globalnews.ca Who bombed Flight 21? Why one of Canada's largest unsolved murders may have been the work of a passenger | The Star Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 - Wikipedia 'It's something out of a Hitchcock film': Experts re-examine unsolved Canadian airliner bombing | CBC News Memorial will remember Canadian Pacific Flight 21 crash - 100 Mile House Free Press (100milefreepress.net) ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B CF-CUQ 100 Mile House, BC (aviation-safety.net) Unsolved bombing of Yukon-bound flight not forgotten | CBC News Larry Evans: Searching for new clues in fatal Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 - Alaska Highway News Monument planned for Flight 21 near 100 Mile House | CBC Kamloops Remembering a massacre: Flight 21, 50 years later - The Globe and Mail  

Episode 250: At 8:00 PM on the evening of March 21, 2006, the B.C. Ferries-operated motor vessel Queen of the North departed Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The long-haul passenger and vehicle ferry, making the 18-hour overnight trip to *Port Hardy* on the Northern end of Vancouver Island, was carrying 22 vehicles, 101 people, 59 passengers and 42 crew. Many passengers were asleep when, at 12:21 A.M., at 17.5 knots, the ferry struck an underwater ledge on the northeast side of Gil Island in Wright Sound. The damage to the hull was catastrophic; it tore holes in the starboard side and took out the propellers. The ferry lost propulsion and began drifting and taking on water. Upon realizing the ferry was lost, the crew and passengers loaded into lifeboats to take them safely away from the foundering vessel, which sank in 430 m of water only 80 Minutes later. Sadly, two of the passengers, Shirley Rosette and Gerald Foisy, both of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, were unaccounted for and, as they've never been found, they have since been declared dead. Investigations by B.C. Ferries and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board determined that the sinking was due to human error on the part of the ferry's navigational crew, and the RCMP undertook a criminal investigation. Helmswomen Karen Briker was fired, as was Captain Colin Henthorne, rightfully in his cabin at the time. But the blame for the incident fell squarely on the shoulders of another man, the ship's fourth officer. On March 16, 2010, the Crown charged *Karl-Heinz Arthur Lilgert* with two counts of criminal negligence, causing death. Lilgert was subsequently convicted of both charges and sentenced to four years in prison. Sources: Connecting the Coast | BC Ferries Marine Investigation Report M92W1057 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada Marine Investigation Report M06W0052 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada Skidegate Band Council Home | City of Prince Rupert Divisional Inquiry | BC Ferries - British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. 2013 BCSC 1329 (CanLII) | R. v. Lilgert | CanLII Navigator was either fighting or having sex with former lover on bridge of B.C. ferry the night it sank, Crown tells court | National Post Queen of the North, the Captain's story - North Island Gazette The Queen of the North Disaster by Colin Henthorne - Ebook | Scribd Family asked to prove loved ones died at ferry sinking trial | CTV News Family of two victims testify at B.C. ferry sinking trial | CBC News Ferry passenger believes she saw couple before crash, thinks they went overboard | Globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NEW RELEASE DAY IS MONDAY! We had to make some changes to our release day, so we're sorry about the delay. This week Elizabeth tells us about Three Mile House in Edwardsville, IL. Special guests include: Callie recording in a bathroom, Elizabeth turning book pages, and screaming baby...or demon, who really knows? You can buy Haunted Odyssey by James M. Longo at this link: AMAZON Music and sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Find us on Facebook @ horrendous.podcast, Twitter @horrendouspod, Instagram @horrendous.podcast, Twitch @ horredouspod, Patreon @ horrendouspodcast, email us @ horrendous.podcast@gmail.com, website @ https://horrendouspodcast.com/ Affiliates with: https://www.boredwalktshirts.com/ Discount code: BESTIE for 10% off AND Grove Collaborative grove.pxf.io/horrendous for free stuff with your purchase! As always, thank you so much for the support! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horrendouspod/support

In this tiny community, whose history includes a stage coach robbery, you will find a very old school and courthouse that still stand after over a century. Get 20% off your Manscaped order by going to www.manscaped.com and using the code EHX Support: www.patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx

Upcoming Zine!The themes are food/drink AND mythical creatures!Deadline April 30Submit online (but not yet)If you've never seen it, email me and I can send you the digital zines!PO Box!Send letters, scribbles, an anonymous postcard with your big juicy creative dream written on it, old photographs of people you don't know, a nice pencil, a piece of glittery fluff, anything you want, to:Art HorsePO Box 2161100 Mile House, BCV0K 2E0CanadaThursdays!Episodes gonna come out on Thursdays now! YAY!!!As always...Ask me anything at arthorsepod@gmail.com, find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod, and join the Patreon at patreon.com/arthorsepod to listen to an extra episode with Andrea (and many more!)

Another chill episode with Greg. How do you know which is the next right thing? And what do you do when your worst art fear comes true?When your priorities are unclear, your life is full of awful surprisesIf you need to do it often and you're bad at it…. maybe take a course??How much would you pay for a lesson at the lesson store?Just because it's not what you wanted doesn't mean it's automatically bad? (Thanks Gabrielle!)Missing art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at arthorsepod@gmail.com.Also, Art Horse has a PO Box! Send letters, scribbles, an anonymous postcard with your big juicy creative dream written on it, old photographs of people you don't know, a nice pencil, a piece of glittery fluff, anything you want me to have, to:Art HorseBox 2161100 Mile House, BCV0K 2E0We mention:Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanJess Franks Art return policy (scroll down): https://www.jessfranksart.com/place-and-time/the-sun-comes-up-24x30-ftpb2-xepgd-dmma9-ew3f2-p9asr-k6zf3-9ycsz-g2r3z-wcdk3-dab6w-mztgx-2cnml-b2lrs-p2rrp-f8plt-3mnlf-cyw7jBOW Life Drawing, the 8 week video course: https://www.bowlifedrawing.com/Gesture Drawing on Skillshare with Brent Eviston: https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Gesture-An-Introduction-to-the-Art-of-Figure-Drawing/151296615Podcast course with The Podcast Host: https://www.thepodcasthost.com/academy/course-library/The infinitely hackable Didi Pullover by Fibremood: https://www.fibremood.com/en/patterns/707-didi-pulloverVegan cookies: https://holycowvegan.net/vegan-sugar-cookies/Vegan icing: https://www.hanielas.com/vegan-eggless-royal-icing/

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On today's show: Dissecting the top tech of 2021! Are people still travelling? What to do with Christmas leftovers! 100 Mile House rancher fears horses may have been stolen Discussing the top movies of 2021! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Folks normally I would take out all of the bits where we just sit and talk and keep it rooted in the Genre for the Podcast. Not this time, this time I just let it roll, its really the only way to keep someone who would not normally talk on a podcast talking and make it comfortable. So you may hear things on this episode that you wouldnt normally hear, but you will also hear alot of things that make a lot of sense, we talk about everything from the Dark Figure that hangs out in Johns room, to Cicade 3301, to the Mandela effect and everything in between. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/invcrypto/support

Folks normally I would take out all of the bits where we just sit and talk and keep it rooted in the Genre for the Podcast. Not this time, this time I just let it roll, its really the only way to keep someone who would not normally talk on a podcast talking and make it comfortable. So you may hear things on this episode that you wouldnt normally hear, but you will also hear alot of things that make a lot of sense, we talk about everything from the Dark Figure that hangs out in Johns room, to Cicade 3301, to the Mandela effect and everything in between. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/invcrypto/support

Time to start lying     I am a Hemminger. I love being a Hemminger. I am proud to be a Hemminger. I had the best parents, Elma and Julius Hemminger. The Hemminger family adopted me. I came to them when I was about three months old. Elma (my Mom) had two rules. (Well, actually, she had three). If you did not break the two rules, there is no way you could fall out of favour, or be in trouble. This was no matter how big or dumb your mistake was. The two rules I heard expressed by Elma Hemminger, probably thousands of times, were as follows: I don't like liars; and I don't like stealers. Then there was rule number three, less-often stated but still very accurate. People should NEVER, and I mean NEVER, wear hats indoors. The Hemmingers raised me in a household where, no matter what your bad was, you would not get into trouble as long as you fessed up and told the truth. My most glaring example was when I drove my Mom and Dad's car into my boyfriend's car, totalling the front end because I was mad at him. I told them the truth. I told them the whole truth about the incident. I told them that we were having a fight and because I had completely lost my temper, I was doing a (kinda) high-speed car chase in their car after him. My Mom and Dad had a little compact car. He had a 1969 Camaro. The roads were wet and I braked too late, causing their new vehicle to crash into the rear of his Camaro. The front end of their car was crumpled up; the Camaro barely dented. I came home sobbing and very upset. I had smashed my parents' car. We lived on my Dad's very limited pension income by then as he was retired. All I could feel was deep shame. The first thing out of Elma's mouth was, “Nobody was hurt were they?” She was great that way. Although she loved that little car, and would never have the funds to replace it or ever buy another new car, there was nothing more important to her than making sure everyone was okay. Upon me assuring her that nobody was hurt or injured, the second thing out of her mouth was, “Thank you for telling me the truth.” Although it was not the end of it as far as the guilt and shame I felt, it was the end of it as far as my parents were concerned. They got the little car repaired as best they could and life went on. As a teenager I lived with my parents in a small town. I mean a really small town, the town of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada. I had a HUGE party when my parents were away. Well, it was a HUGE party, at least in terms of 100 Mile House's standards. From the date of the party to my moving away, about two years passed. It was not uncommon that I would run into someone I did not know, and they would say, “Hey, aren't you that girl that had that HUGE party?!” It started with a few friends on a Friday night and expanded from there. Ultimately the police broke it up. So, what did I do when my parents got home? Yes, exactly. I told them. I told them I had a huge party. I was sure the neighbours would tell them anyway, so I better confess. The neighbours did not tell them. So, it turns out that I fessed up for no reason. Yet, when I told my parents about my huge party, they said, “We are so glad you told us. We are proud of you for telling the truth.” So, that was the kind of expectation I had when I told my Law Society about my substance use and historical substance abuse. I believed that if I was absolutely truthful no harm could come my way. Makes sense right?! Wrong! See, someone had reported me for sharing MDMA at a private Halloween party in 2019. Yes, it was the person who asked me for some and took it. I get why the Law Society cannot have lawyers breaking the law, not to mention doing so openly. At the same time, when they asked me about it, I believed it was the right thing to do to be purely open, and honest about everything in terms of my past and my transgressions. In fact, I not only shared about absolutely all my substance misuse and use history, I overshared. Yeah, so I got a two-week suspension from practising law for over-sharing about the fact that I had shared. That two-week suspension has had enormous personal, emotional, and financial consequences for me and my business. It has impacted my relationships with clients, and with other lawyers. It has impacted my now 17 year-old daughter's trust in me. She worried that I was going to go jail and then wondered if I would be able to continue subeing able to support her through her final year of high school. As it turns out, the Discipline Committee of the Law Society of British Columbia does not have the same approach to truth telling as the Hemminger family. Apparently, if you tell the whole truth and it is not in your best interest to do so, you can end up getting yourself in to trouble, real trouble. As it turns out that my oversharing of information has caused me other challenges. Because I used one substance on approximately four occasions over a 10-year period, the Law Society now believes I am a regular user of an illegal substance and wish to have me monitored (yes, pee in a cup etc. at huge expense and yes, humiliation). Ew. I know. As I approached my mid-fifties, I believed that as long as I told the whole truth, there could be no other punishment or repercussions of any mistake I have made. I believed that if I acted with poor judgment, that, as long as I told the truth, all would be well. Yeah, I am blown away by my own naivete also. Then a very good friend of mine, also a lawyer, said to me, “Val, your openness and honesty is a TERRIBLE strategy when dealing with the Law Society of British Columbia!” You must learn the skill of “Judicious sharing of information.” This friend said I should always err on the side of caution, rather than disclosure. Had I learned the skill of “Judicious sharing of information” a long time ago, my life would be a whole lot easier. The Law Society of British Columbia would probably start leaving me alone. So, this is a note to my Mom and Dad, Elma and Julius. Dear Mom and Dad, I miss you both so very much. Thank you for being the best most kick ass parents I could hope for. Thank you for teaching me about openness and honesty. Thank you for teaching me the value of telling the truth. I am in my mid-ffties as I write this note to you. I have to let you know, Mom and Dad, that I am having to start going against one of my deepest held values. I gotta follow the advice of my lawyer friend. It is time for me to learn the skill of JUDICIOUS SHARING of INFORMATION. Mom and Dad, in Hemminger terms, it means that it is time for me to start LYING my A** off! I know you both understand. Much love, Your learning to lie (oops,I mean, share judiciously of information) daughter,   Valorie Frances Hemminger       In this Episode: My Mom had two rules [00:00:42] They raised me wherein no matter what your bad was, you would not get into trouble as long as you fessed up and told the truth [00:02:00] I told the truth about the substance use and believed that if I was absolutely truthful no harm could come my way. I was wrong [00:08:58] My oversharing of information has caused me other challenges [00:15:48] My note to my parents [00:19:38]

A federal election is underway just as wildfires in the B.C. interior worsen and local leaders aren't happy with the news. We hear from the mayor of 100 Mile House and chief of the Okanagan Indian Band.

Dropping oil prices; 1492 Land Back Lane one year on; Inside 100 Mile House evacuation zone with ostriches; Another win for Indigenous land rights in court; Fort Nelson residents upset about long wait times for power restoration; B.C. suffering from drought conditions; Retraining energy workers; Using drones to reach remote First Nations; Calls for state of emergency in B.C.

CBC freelaner Jordan Tucker speaks to an ostrich farmer and security guard in the evacuation zone south of 100 Mile House.

With wildfires prompting more evacuation alerts across the province, BC Wildfire Service information officer Sarah Hall gives an update on the situation; then, 100 Mile House mayor Mitch Campsall and UBCO nursing professor Nelly Oelke discuss the stress and anxiety that come with living through natural disasters, particularly those related to climate change. With the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announcing the findings of its preliminary report on unmarked graves connected to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, decolonial facilitator Michelle Nahanee and Indian Residential School Survivors Society executive director Angela White discuss how Canada moves forward as a country in light of recent residential school revelations.

I spoke with Renee Fougere on March 29, 2021. She had so much to share about how she became a lawyer from being a naturopath and also how she uses her life skill tools to keep centered and in alignment with her intuition and not her ego when she practices law. Her insights about that and so much more was wonderful to talk about. BioRenée Fougère is a family lawyer practising in British Columbia and Northwest Territories.  Her law firm is located in the small ranching community of 150 Mile House in beautiful British Columbia, but “home” is Shediac, a small seaside community in New Brunswick.When Renée is not advocating on behalf of her clients, she is running a small farming business called Sweet Magnolia Acres where she farms goats and chickens, and works diligently towards self-sustainable living. She has been an avid soapmaker

Today we sit down with Tyler Ekdahl of Maple Ridge, BC. Tyler is originally from 100 Mile House, he is a competitive fly fisher who is Prostaff with Togens Fly Shop and Forged Fly Fishing. His fly patterns that he creates on his Peak Rotary Vise are amazingly well done. He has a huge passion for chasing trout both on the rivers and lakes in British Columbia. Thanks Tyler for sharing your story with us! @tylerekdahl

“Consideration Of Rhythm" The Calgary-born Clea Anaïs is about to take flight in two ways. First, her solo career is blooming with the release of two new singles from her upcoming album and it won’t be long before her music is soaring through headphones across the world. It also won’t be long before she’s soaring across the world in a plane—not sure what you did during COVID, but Clea got her pilot’s license. The cello-playing Anaïs' name might sound familiar because she was the co-founder of the beloved Canadian outfit Raleigh who won alternative album of the year in 2018 at the YYC Music Awards. Over the years Clea has shared the stage with Unknown Mortal Orchestra and City and Color and she’s done session work for Astral Swans, Woodpigeon and 100 Mile House. Her solo work is a stirring blend of swirling indie rock and dreamy, sonorous pop that’s filled with wisdom, grace and resolve. Her voice is hypnotic and arresting and her textured arrangements are as ravishing as they are riveting. In this interview we talk about being raised by multi-ethnic parents, having a house full of sisters and how to respond when things get dark….

folkcetera feb 18 2021feb - the wednesday of months/ musicians who became politicians/ virtual block heater & cgy folk club new stuff iskwwé&tom wilson maria dunn lorrie matheson - rip Sefan Cush - tmtch & bobcaygenPlaylist: Maria Dunn - beautiful foolsiskwé & Tom Wilson - blue moon drive (featuring chuck copenace)lorrie matheson - the fall100 Mile House - worth the waitThe Fugitives - where do we go, boysconnie kaldor - bird on a wingsaint sister - dynamiteRyland Moranz - where are my blue eyesKathleen Edwards - birds on a feederthe men they couldn't hang - ghosts of cable streetRueben and the Dark - bobcaygenthe men they couldn't hang - the coloursDar Williams - februaryJim Lauderdale - february snowdavid francey - february morning driveRobbie Bankes - february snowgrievous angels - all night depanneursusana baca - molino moleroMidnight Oil - warakurnarunrig - protect and surviveYoussou N'Dour - redemption songthe east pointers - no bridge too far

More than a year after announcing an “indefinite curtailment,” Norbord announced the permanent closure of its sawmill in 100 Mile House. Mayor Micth Campsall joins Newsday to discuss the disappointing news.

After a short break of settling back into bush work life, I am now brush cutting near 100 Mile House, BC. - My co-workers are adrenaline junkies! - Rossland, BC power couple Sean Ennis and Alice Newman hang out and we talk about their life skiing and paragliding around the mountains. For questions and comments and feedback about Stumped email:lichtijosh@gmail.com

“If you have a message you want to send to hell, give it to me; I’ll carry it.” The first alleged female serial killer in the US, Lavinia Fisher spoke these chilling words just moments before she was hanged for her crimes along with her husband, John, In early 1820 near Charleston, South Carolina. Music featured in this episode: Song Melancholia by Adrian Croiter Make sure to subscribe to Southern Haunts to hear all my spooky stories first! Rates and reviews are always appreciated. Thanks for helping a ghoul out!Join the spooky fun over at my patreon!www.patreon.com/southernhauntspodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/southernhaunts/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/southernhaunts/support

Join Nicole and Joe Komperda AKA “Average Joe Beekeeper” as they chat about how to become a beekeeper and the Denver Broncos!WHAT YOU’LL LEARNHow the Denver Broncos are helping beesTried and tested resources on how to become a beekeeperWhy we need beesHow becoming a beekeeper helps beesThe importance of learning how to become a beekeeper from local beekeeping groupsHow to find live beekeeping training onlineOUR GUESTJoe Komperda, the Average Joe Beekeeper, has kept bees in the Denver Metro area with his wife Debbie for 7 years. He has been certified as a Master Beekeeper by the University of Montana and runs 30 – 40 hives at numerous host locations including the historic 17 Mile House and Farm, Flat Acres Farm, Centennial Airport, numerous Hive Host Family properties, and the Denver Broncos Training Center. RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONEDAverage Joe Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/Average-Joe-Beekeeper-577067782769542How to become a beekeeper online training: Bee-Engaged: An Average Joe’s Guide to Basic Beekeeping” class will be offered via Zoom as a three-session class on Mondays, October 12, 19, and 26, 2020 at 6:30 pm. The class will run approximately 2 1/2 hours and will teach the Basics of Beekeeping. The class cost is $99 and there is a discount for additional participants from the same household. Find the link on the Average Facebook Page under events.Plant Select Webpage - https://plantselect.orgFind Your Local Beekeeping Clubs - https://heritageacresmarket.com/find-your-local-beekeeping-club12 Best Books for Beekeepers - https://heritageacresmarket.com/books-for-beekeepersHow To Start Beekeeping - https://heritageacresmarket.com/how-to-start-beekeeping/Beekeeping Calendar - https://heritageacresmarket.com/beekeeping-calendarText HONEYBEE to 44222 to sign up for our Beekeeping email newsletterCentennial Airport Bees News Video - https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/the-centennial-airport-is-now-home-to-tens-of-thousands-of-beesBronco Bees - https://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/29/denver-broncos-honeybees/*Denotes affiliate linksSUPPORT THE SHOWYour support helps us continue to provide the best possible episodes!View Our Favorites on Amazon*Shop HeritageAcresMarket.comFollow us on Facebook and InstagramJoin our Hens & Hives Facebook GroupJoin our VIP Text ClubLeave a question or comment on our podcast message page!Support the show (http://paypal.me/heritageacresmarket)

We're all about the music on Episode 541 of Folk Roots Radio as we step back from the interviews again to bring you another hour of great new releases. We're subtitling this one the "Be Grateful Edition", because despite everything - an on-going pandemic and a lunatic in the White House, there is still much to be thankful for. Join us for new music from Brennen Leigh, Piper & Carson, Andrea Bettger, 100 Mile House, Simone Romei, Twin Flames, David Leask, Kevin California, Ian Reid, Gillian Welch, Bruce T. Carroll, Chris Smither, Dione Taylor and Laila Biali. Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-541-were-all-about-the-music-be-grateful-edition/

les - new michael bernard fitzgerald - elliot brood - fires in california oregon & washington - classic motorcycles and the open road.Playlist: Elliott BROOD - stay outKathleen Edwards - birds on a feederThe Wine Soaked Preachers - the oldmanHauler - the widow's vowIan MacDonald - thirty-two memory laneRaye Zaragoza - they sayyusuf - on the road to find out (2020 version)Graham Lindsey - the next best thingalan maralung - bushfire(australia)Eric Bogle & John Munro - ashes100 Mile House - runjames keelaghan - cold missouri waterslennie gallant - sequoiaMichael Bernard Fitzgerald - harley davidsonfred eaglesmith - indian motorcyclesrichard thompson - 1952 vincent black lightningChumbawamba - lord bateman's motorbikeArlo Guthrie - the motorcycle songColter Wall - motorcycleSteve Earle & The Dukes - the other kindBraden Gates - turnaroundJeremy Gignoux - hope?

riding from Lillooet to 70 Mile House

70 Mile House to William's Lake

les -happy nunavut day and it's an awfully quiet stampede.. plus good new stuffPlaylist: Eliza Gilkyson - peace in our heartsSean Burns - gasolinePharis & Jason Romero - right in the gardenBebe Buckskin - muddy trackCaleigh Cardinal - i don't want to know you anymoreChristian Lee Hutson - athiestMarin Patenaude - sight unseen part 1100 Mile House - good old daysbonny light horseman - mountain raincharlie panagoniak - poor manSusan Aglukark - slippin' through the crackstanya taqaq - surgethe jerry cans - alianaitKelly Fraser - fight for the rightstudjaat - kajisita (my ship comes in)Corb Lund - never not had horsesOrville Peck - queen of the rodeotim hus - pick-up trucks, rodeos, and dustIan Tyson - rodeo roadTim Williams - my heart can't take another rodeotom phillips - like a rodeoNeil Young - trybob dylan - key west

This week we conclude our two-part feature focusing on songs that haven’t yet become part of folk’s classic repertoire. This is music we believe can be the “classic folk” of tomorrow! We'll hear from 100 Mile House, Putnam Smith, Kim June Johnson, Tom Jutz, Erik Balkey and many more. Tomorrows classics … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #20-23: Not Yet a Household Name, Pt.2 Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Lena Johnson & Brittany Haas / “Saltoluokta” / L&B / Playing With Music Joe Jencks / “Flame in the Darkness” / The Candle and the Flame / Turtle Bear Sarah Jarosz / “Run Away” / Follow Me Down / Sugar Hill 100 Mile House / “Love and Leave You” / Love and Leave You / Fallen Tree Putnam Smith / “Succotash” / Kitchen, Love... / Itchy Sabot The Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers / “Borrowed Time” / Don't Think About Tomorrow Tonight / Self Produced Kim June Johnson / “Fred & Winnie Converse on their First Date” / A Thousand Things / Self Produced Lena Johnson & Brittany Haas / “Breakneck Hill” / L&B / Playing With Music Thom Jutz / “Hartford's Bend” / To Live in Two Worlds / Mountain Home Amythyst Kiah & Allison Russell / “Polly Ann's Hammer” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways Dana and Susan Robinson / “When This Old Hat Was New” / American Hornpipe / Threshold Molly Tuttle / “The High Road” / When You're Ready / Compass Erik Balkey / “My America” / Everything is Great / Hudson Harding Carolann Solebello / “Brooklyn in the Rain” / Steel and Salt / Elizabeth David Francey / “Lonely Road” / The Broken Heart of Everything / Laker Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

les -calgary opens up - so new stuff mr dylan turns 79 and remembering allen baekelandPlaylist: Pharis & Jason Romero - hometown bluesSarah Harmer - little frogsCharlotte Cornfield - in my cornerSierra Hull - middle of the woodsMichael Bernard Fitzgerald - our riverJake Ian - the lucky onesJJ Shiplett - every roadwilliam prince - old soulsMike McKenna Jr. - high ground100 Mile House - worth the waitJoe Nolan - tupelo honeyColin James - tupelo honeyJohn Lee Hooker - tupeloJason Isbell & The 400 Unit - tupeloUncle Tupelo - new madridbob dylan - i contain multitudesMichael Franti - subterranean homesick bluesK'naan - with god on our sideJessica Rhaye and the Ramshackle Parade - i dreamed i saw st augustineJackie Leven - classic northern diversionsRembetika Hipsters - wicked gameRembetika Hipsters - melinda's bath pt 1

We’re holding back the interviews on Episode 513 of Folk Roots Radio as we bring you another hour of great new music. We're including more Covid-19 tunes and songs from isolation alongside some great new releases. Live performances may have been curtailed by the current crisis, but the new music just keeps on coming. Join us for great new songs from Big Little Lions, Sofia Talvik, Stan Simon, Liona Boyd, Westward the Light, Sherman Downey, Kristen Martell, 100 Mile House, Peter Rowan & Don Edwards, Hello Darlins, Christina Hutt, Elles Bailey, Danny Schmidt and Noah Reid. Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-513-were-all-about-the-music-social-distancing-edition/

les - new stuff - truck and highway stuff - & some john prinePlaylist: 100 Mile House - riverLogan Ledger - (i'm gonna get over this) somedaySlow Leaves - piace of adviceAyla Brook & the Sound Men - refuge coveNorma MacDonald - temperamental yearphil ochs - days of decisionMartyn Joseph - changesTall Tall Trees - expectationsKen Whiteley - lay my burden by the riverjohnny cash - all i do is driveSean Burns & Lost Country - roll truck rollHarry Chapin - 30,000 pounds of bananasdavid francey - border linefred eaglesmith - trucker speedKathy Mattea - eighteen wheels and a dozen rosesGretchen Peters - truckstop angelconnie kaldor - bird on a wingjames keelaghan - get to youJohn Prine - caravan of foolsJustin Townes Earle - far from meMy Morning Jacket - all the bestJohn Prine - boundless loveFrantically Atlantic - the pretty girl milking her cow

We're celebrating International Women’s Day on Episode 497 of Folk Roots Radio with an hour of special programming featuring female artists. Join us for new music from Sarah Harmer, Claudia Nygaard, Sarah Morris, Frazey Ford, Natalie MacMaster, Grace Morrison, Moira & Claire, The Pairs, Rory Block, Katie Dahl, Heather Pierson, 100 Mile House, The Lone Canary, Harrow Fair and The Small Glories. Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-497-international-womens-day/

The Red River Ramblers are an Ontario band dedicated to the revival of Manitoba Métis Fiddle music, which brings together the rhythmic spirit of the First Nations peoples, with a blend of both the Scottish and French fiddle traditions. Douglas Richard Sinclair, a Métis musician with roots in the Red River Settlement, joins us on Episode 492 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about the band and their music. We also take a look at more of the latest new releases we've received and this time we listen to new music from 100 Mile House, Grace Potter, Lynne Hanson, Rod Abernethy, Artists for Peace & Justice (feat. Jackson Browne), Rumour Mill and Forest Sun. Check out the full playlist on the website:

In this latest episode Jason has a terrific conversation with a lady who has been promoting and working in tourism in the region for over 30 years. Juanita Corbett and her husband Pat owned and operated the former Hills Health and Guest Ranch located near 100 Mile House. A former country and western singer since the age of 6 who's performed on the Grand Ole Opry stage, Juanita explains how life on the road as a young performer was not a life she wanted to pursue, how and why she immigrated from the US to live in the Cariboo, the importance of people who were her staff for a very long time, being one of the first businesses inducted into the US Spa Hall of Fame and much more. A genuine class act and wonderful person Juanita is moved to tears discussing her pride in living in the Cariboo and why more people should visit for their health and personal growth.

Hi everyone! We’re continuing our Golden Globes coverage this week with today’s review of WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? After this month is over, we will have reviewed 30 out of 34 films nominated, including all the winners. We’ll pick up the other four at some point this year, once they’ve hit streaming services. Also, the Oscar nominees will be announced today, so expect a flood of congratulations posts to hit social media for the films we’ve reviewed, and some early February catchup reviews for those we haven’t. That’s why we’re excited to have Ryan L. Terry back on the podcast, with his thoughts on a personal favorite of his, WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? He was gracious enough last week to review JUDY (Episode #677), which won Renée Zellweger a Best Actress in a Drama award. Be sure to check out his previous reviews for THE GOOD LIAR (Episode #662) and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (Episode #614). His promo will run before the review. Subscribe to stay current with the latest releases. Contribute at Patreon for exclusive content. Connect with us over social media to continue the conversation. Here we go! ///// > ///// Today’s movie is WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE?, directed by Richard Linklater, written by Linklater and Holly Gent, based on the book by the same name, starring Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, and Kristen Wiig.  Former architect Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) seems to have it all — a beautiful home in Seattle, a successful and loving husband, and a brilliant teenage daughter who’s about to attend boarding school. When Bernadette suddenly disappears without a trace, her concerned family sets off on an exciting adventure to solve the mystery of where she might have gone. If you loved Blanchett in her award-winning role in BLUE JASMINE, then you will love her in Richard Linklater’s WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? Once again, Blanchett takes on the demanding role of someone struggling with an inner turmoil brought on by losing one’s identity. By no means is Bernadette the same character as Jasmine, but there are many similarities; however, these similarities are expressed in vastly different ways, which makes the story relatable and thought-provoking. If you’re searching for a human movie, then you have found the right one. The experience of watching this movie sticks with you long after the credits role. This is a film that I feel creative and academic persons will connect with, because often the most creative or intelligent people can experience bouts of identity crisis, mania, and depression when he or she is not in the process of creating something for the world to see. Whether that world is as small as your hometown, your network on social media, or the global stage, there is a catharsis that is experienced when crafting something new. Take away that creative outlet and you may as well remove an arm or leg. Furthermore, destroy that which one has poured his or her soul into, then you metaphorically kill that creative person. The creation is an extension of the soul of the creator. I imagine that my fellow creatives and academics will also be able to identify with Bernadette much in the same manner as did I. Linklater’s film is an existential exploration of the creative genius when the very foundation of that genius is rocked off its foundation. There are many metaphorical visualizations of this concept in the film, including the catalyst that launches Bernadette into her acute downward spiral–the removal of that which was holding everything together. While most of the characters are mostly flat, the character of Bernadette is complex, vulnerable, and quite human. Despite being an architectural genius of on the level of Frank Lloyd Wright – something that most of us cannot identify with – we identify with her because of the struggle to manage personal and professional life when we’ve lost our way. The title WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? works in two ways: (1) during the second and third acts of the movie, Bernadette’s family is literally searching for her, and (2) after learning the news that her masterpiece house was bought simply to be destroyed, she ceased to be herself and became a new, even more eccentric and reclusive person. Essentially, she took on a new identity, which posits the question, “Where did she go?” The movie is a journey for Bernadette to find herself, and of course for her family to find her. Further evidence of the successful visualization of internal conflict is when Bernadette removes the blackberry bushes in full knowledge that they will make way for a landslide, even though her neighbor wants the bushes gone. Just as the blackberry bushes were the only thing keeping the hillside together, the 20-Mile House was the primary component that kept Bernadette together. When it was destroyed, so was she. Where this movie fails is in the adaptation from novel to screen. And I am not talking about commitment to details and such. Novels are internally driven whereas movies are visually driven. Sometimes there are novels that explore inner turmoil to such a degree that it makes visualizing it for the screen difficult to achieve. Without having read the novel, I cannot comment fully on why most of the characters are flat and the much of the dialogue is vapid, but my educated guess is that the novel explores the psychology of each character to a greater extent than a movie allows for. Where this movie excels is the performance delivered by Blanchett. Whether quiet or a raving lunatic, she maintains a powerful screen presence that draws the audience in to the heart of the story. There is an unapologetic authenticity in Blanchett’s performance that feels fresh and powerful. It’s a command performance that should not be overlooked. Through her character of Bernadette, we witness just how complex depression, mania, and anxiety are. And not just how complex they are for the individual burdened with them, but for those around the individual. I’m not naive to the movie’s shortcomings, but there is so much that I find was delivered with excellence that it helps to make up for the mostly weak screenwriting. I believe that the character of Bernadette offers us a fascinating character to explore as she offers great opportunities for relatability. Perhaps we aren’t genius architects, but many of us know what it’s like to see our creations destroyed or being prohibited by internal or external forces from creating. Perhaps the story execution lacked the precision that this plot truly required to be exemplary, but there is a strong message therein coupled with Blanchett’s excellent performance that makes WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? a thought-provoking movie to watch. Rotten Tomatoes: 48% Metacritic: 51 IMDb: 6.5 One Movie Punch: 7.0/10 WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? (2019) is rated PG-13 and is currently playing on VOD.

In today's show I speak with a woman who was involved in a serious car accident and has a number of issues after she was discharged from the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. She lives about 2 hours away in 100 Mile House and claims that she was initially going to be sent on her way with no way to get home. She says she fought to get a $400 voucher in order to make her way home. I follow that up by chatting with the Executive Director of clinical operations, for Royal Inland Hospital. To kick off the show I talk about infant sleep deaths in BC with the chair of the province's Death Review Panel and I am also joined by Kamloops Deputy Mayor Dale Bass to look back at yesterday's council meeting.

Check, Please! Bay Area reviews an impress-your-friends Italian spot in San Francisco, a family (and dog) friendly roadhouse in Brisbane and a worker-owned and operated pizza shop in Berkeley.

In this episode we speak with Dr. Larissa Juren. She practices in 100 Mile House in British Columbia, Canada. She discusses rural practice, working with physicians, and guidelines in clinical practice. She also discusses the transition from a US chiropractic college to practice in Canada.

Maui says You're Welcome to Wives' Tales! Enjoy Jenni's wild road side inn serving tea with a twist. Disney left out Maui's death and Shelby tells you why.  Enjoy.

Happy Halloween 2018!Since it's our favorite time of the year, we decided to do something more ghostly that murdery.  Join us as we tell a few personal unexplained happenings.  Then Jen tells us about her favorite haunted house close to St Louis.  We bet you've never heard of this place!This week we have promos from our friends:It's Haunted...Now What  http://hauntedpod.comFlorida Men  https://floridamenpodcast.comExtra special shout out to Cam.  She spent HOURS putting this baby together!  Thanks, buddy!LinkHaunted Odyssey by Jim Longo 

What is the 10th Commandment? What does the Tenth Commandment prohibit? What does the Tenth Commandment commend? What to do about the Tenth?

Charles Butterworth and Thelma Jenkerson return to the studio as a pair to tell us how they met. Later on, we play a game which reveals some incredible information about Charles. Featuring Kyle McDowell (@KyleMcDowell86) and Claire (@70Ceeks)

Joe Krouse is the owner/operator of Ten Mile House, Fred’s Garage and DB3 Donuts in Chicago. The consummate “mid life male”, he’s an entrepreneur and risk taker coming off of a successful audio/video business sale who changed direction and entered the hospitality business with no direct experience but armed with a passion for great food and the desire to take care of people. He is a husband, father, son and brother and throughout this episode we chatted about how he makes decisions, family life and the effects changing industries and going out on your own has on your confidence, ability to balance work and life the highs of starting your own restaurant and the lows of having to close one. We dug into our changing/evolving philosophies on money and time and how we choose to spend both and whats really important in life. Having recently experienced the loss of his sister, we went deeper into the family perspective, perseverance and a legacy that he holds dear along with the values he chooses to live by every day. It’s always super interesting to me to reconnect with people I haven’t seen or spoken to in a while, or in this case knew when we were both just college kids trying to figure it out as opposed to now being 45 and still trying to figure it all out... Seeing what people have become, chosen to do, where they live, what type of family they have and what they’ve been up to for 20 years... Good times.

Bernard Immel is a BC Chess Champion, and bought his first duplex at age 20! A TON of knowledge is shared here, so enjoy!Show notes:- from 100 Mile House, worked while in high school 2:05- Rich Dad Poor Dad impact on Bernard 2:45- parents immigrated from Germany and Philippines 3:37- worked at Cactus Club learned good customer service skills 4:50- worked for a drilling company to qualify for his first mortgage at age twenty! 5:15- Bernard's family, personal tragedy as a tool to push for success 6:10- Growing up in foster care and the danger of becoming a statistic. You need to "Be The Exception" and "Success is Your Duty" - How to live for free 9:15- Low Contingency fund, Problem Tenants 10:00- The importance of support in real estate investing 12:00- Sometimes you earn, sometimes you learn 12:12- Working as a financial advisor and a mortgage broker 13:18- BC Provincial Chess Campion, being a nerd and a jock at the same time 13:47- Mortgages changes to lending rules in Canada 16:15- Affordability remains unchanged over the last decade 17:30- This most recent change will now affect even people with lots of equity (20% or more), people who don't need a government insured high ratio mortgage (CMHC). It will also affect people who wanted to refinance their house, and will hurt those who want to consolidate high interest credit card debt into their mortgage. Those who want a HELOC will also lose some purchasing power. Get your refinances and HELOCs done BEFORE Jan 1st, 2018!! 20:52- How many mortgages can one person get? "AS MANY AS YOU WANT"- TIP: Be careful about setting up a "Collateral Charge." Structure your finances among many banks for one major (and potentially dangerous) reason 24:52- Rule of thumb for income out of your principal residence: how much more can I borrow if I rent out part of my home? 26:08- Q: Should I stick to a mortgage broker or should I work with the banks as well? A: It's best to "spread around" your consumption of financial products between many different companies. (Dangers of a collateral charge) 29:46- Creating systems for your business 32:38- Ways to build your net worth: "The Four Quadrants" 34:40- Have a job AND invest. Have a job AND build a business 40:07- Systems exist for each part of your business, use them! 41:00- "Your tenant is someone who pays all your bills, does all the upkeep, opens up shop in the morning, closes it up at night, then when you sell the property they leave you with all the profits, they are the best business partner you could ever have." 41:07RENTS Christmas Party 41:40Visit www.RENTS.website to learn more about real estate investing!

Bernard Immel is a BC Chess Champion, and bought his first duplex at age 20! A TON of knowledge is shared here, so enjoy!Show notes:- from 100 Mile House, worked while in high school 2:05- Rich Dad Poor Dad impact on Bernard 2:45- parents immigrated from Germany and Philippines 3:37- worked at Cactus Club learned good customer service skills 4:50- worked for a drilling company to qualify for his first mortgage at age twenty! 5:15- Bernard's family, personal tragedy as a tool to push for success 6:10- Growing up in foster care and the danger of becoming a statistic. You need to "Be The Exception" and "Success is Your Duty" - How to live for free 9:15- Low Contingency fund, Problem Tenants 10:00- The importance of support in real estate investing 12:00- Sometimes you earn, sometimes you learn 12:12- Working as a financial advisor and a mortgage broker 13:18- BC Provincial Chess Campion, being a nerd and a jock at the same time 13:47- Mortgages changes to lending rules in Canada 16:15- Affordability remains unchanged over the last decade 17:30- This most recent change will now affect even people with lots of equity (20% or more), people who don't need a government insured high ratio mortgage (CMHC). It will also affect people who wanted to refinance their house, and will hurt those who want to consolidate high interest credit card debt into their mortgage. Those who want a HELOC will also lose some purchasing power. Get your refinances and HELOCs done BEFORE Jan 1st, 2018!! 20:52- How many mortgages can one person get? "AS MANY AS YOU WANT"- TIP: Be careful about setting up a "Collateral Charge." Structure your finances among many banks for one major (and potentially dangerous) reason 24:52- Rule of thumb for income out of your principal residence: how much more can I borrow if I rent out part of my home? 26:08- Q: Should I stick to a mortgage broker or should I work with the banks as well? A: It's best to "spread around" your consumption of financial products between many different companies. (Dangers of a collateral charge) 29:46- Creating systems for your business 32:38- Ways to build your net worth: "The Four Quadrants" 34:40- Have a job AND invest. Have a job AND build a business 40:07- Systems exist for each part of your business, use them! 41:00- "Your tenant is someone who pays all your bills, does all the upkeep, opens up shop in the morning, closes it up at night, then when you sell the property they leave you with all the profits, they are the best business partner you could ever have." 41:07RENTS Christmas Party 41:40Visit www.RENTS.website to learn more about real estate investing!

Forest Fires Spreading across British Columbia and now threaten parts of Alberta When I wrote last week's fire focused episode, little did I know that my own community of Canmore would be smelly and smoky this week as fires continue to spread and the number of evacuees in British Columbia climbs. The hot dry weather is showing no signs of abating and over the past week, the number of people forced out of their homes and communities in British Columbia has swelled from 14,000 to more than 45,000 as of July 18, 2017. This makes it one of the largest mass evacuations in the history of the province. The previous record was an evacuation of 50,000 due to fires near Kelowna in 2003. Heat waves that year also caused massive fires across both Alberta and British Columbia. Over this past weekend, high winds caused a number of fires to rapidly expand in size and has subsequently resulted in more evacuations. In other areas, the fires around Williams Lake and 100 Mile House have stayed fairly stable over the past few days allowing firefighters to make some headway. Some people are being allowed to return to their communities, although many may return to find their homes have been destroyed. Members of the Ashcroft Indian Reserve and the community of Cache Creek are returning home after an 11-day absence. Residents of 100-Mile House may also be returning home soon. Province-wide, there are still 155 active fires burning and there is still no sign of significant rain on the horizon. Closer to the Alberta border, a fire in the Verdant Creek area of Kootenay National Park ignited last week. This fire puts flames within just 2.5 kilometres of Sunshine Village in Banff National Park. In just 24 hours it swelled in size by a factor of 10, growing from a few hundred hectares on Sunday to some 2,000 ha by Monday. The fire is considered to be out of control and crews are working in the Sunshine area to try to prevent the loss of any structures should the fire continue to spread eastward. Huge water pumps are also at the ready in order to keep buildings wet if the fire encroaches the resort area. As you can imagine, there is now a total fire ban throughout the mountain national parks. Kootenay National Park has also closed the Verdant Creek area all the way to the Simpson River in the south and Banff has closed Sunshine Meadows and Village, as well as access to the Egypt Lake area, Healy Pass, Citadel Pass, Whistling Valley and Pharaoh Pass. I would expect additional closures to occur as the conditions continue to evolve. Even in towns like Canmore and Banff, the mountains are barely visible and the air quality is dropping fast. Currently, the Verdant Creek fire is approximately 24 km from Banff and 31 km from Canmore. Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for Banff, Canmore and Kananaskis warning that: "Due to the smoke, the AQHI (Air Quality Health Index) will likely reach 10, or high risk, in parts of Central and southern Alberta on Wednesday. There is some uncertainty as to where the thickest smoke will set up, but current indications are that the corridor of thickest smoke and poorest air quality will be between Hinton, Red Deer, and Edmonton." "Individuals may experience symptoms such as increased coughing, throat irritation, headaches or shortness of breath. Children, seniors, and those with cardiovascular or lung disease, such as asthma, are especially at risk." "In general, wearing a mask is not the best way to protect your health during a smoke event. In fact, masks may lead to a false sense of security, which may encourage increased physical activity and time spent outdoors, meaning increased exposure to smoke. They can also make breathing more difficult." The smoke is not only affecting communities in the Rockies, but it has spread as far west as Vancouver and as far east as Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. These smoke plumes can carry for hundreds of kilometres and as the fires continue to spread, we can expect air quality to suffer along with it. In the interior of B.C., near Williams Lake, the Air Quality Index was reportedly as high as 23, and that is on a scale of 1 to 10 with a 10+ reserved for very high-risk air quality. Today should see some of the winds shifting to send more wind westward to the coast, but the eastern slopes are still completely smoked in. Also in last week's episode, I talked about the need to ramp up our use of prescribed burns as we see summer weather regimes shift with the shifting of climate norms. As summers see more and more prolonged droughts, separated by severe storms, lightning caused fires may become far more prevalent. To complicate matters, we have had years of fire suppression leaving many of our western forests susceptible to large fires. Even places like British Columbia's Interior Rainforest, some of which may not have burned for a millennium or more, are susceptible to large fires if their normal weather regiments continue to change. The interior rainforest is unique on the planet as more than 97% of all rainforests occur in coastal areas. However, while it is considered a rainforest, it doesn't get enough rain to truly qualify. What it does get is huge accumulations of snow. The slow melting of this snow releases vast amounts of moisture and essentially allows it to simulate a true rainforest. Should that change, these forests could also burn. With changing climates we need to look at fire in a very different way. After my comments last week, I came across a CBC News article that interviews a fire ecologist by the name of Robert Gray, of R.W. Gray Consulting. Gray consults with communities to help them reduce their overall fire risk and he echoes my previous comments. He recommends a minimum of doubling the current number of prescribed burns - especially if we see a continuation of the hot summer drought conditions that are becoming more common in the mountain west. The extreme heat this summer created tinder that was ignited by thousands of dry lightning strikes. According to David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, the number of lightning strikes increases by 15% for every additional degree of warming. To complicate things further, years of mountain pine beetle infestations have left tens of thousands of standing dead trees which are extremely flammable. While the potential for large, catastrophic fires has been building over the past decade, the incidence of prescribed burns has dropped in British Columbia from 150-200,000 hectares in the 1980s to just 5,000 in the past few years. Prescribed burns are a hassle. They're smoky and smelly, and tourists hate them, but they are still a way better option than ignoring the problem and waiting for conflagrations to ignite. For generations, first nations used prescribed fires in order to improve wildlife habitat. We need to recognize that these forests are going to burn, there is nothing we can do to prevent it. Robert Gray is very clear that there is no way to avoid smoke in a prescribed burn, but as he puts it: "There is no 'no smoke' option…How do you want your smoke — wild or controlled?" Recent studies have also shown that by having smaller, more controlled burns, the amount of smoke is reduced as are the amount of unhealthy particulates that are floating through the air at the moment. Let's use this as a wake-up call to begin looking at our forests and our climate as a pair. As the climate warms, the fires burn. Let's ramp our prescribed burn schedules up to help keep the mountain west a little safer. For some areas of B.C., fire breaks are being created the hard way at the moment. Let's try to make the next decade one of adaptation to new fire realities. Bear 148 Gets a Reprieve In episode 34, I talked about the challenges that the Provincial conservations officers seem to be having when dealing with Grizzly 148, the daughter of Banff's beloved Bear 64. If you'd like to listen to the story, check it out at www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep034. After an incident in the Peaks of Grassi area where 148 bluff charged a man with a stroller and two dogs, conservation officers live-trapped her and relocated her back to her home turf in Banff. They also made it clear that they planned to euthanize her should a similar incident occur in the future. This was despite the fact that a bluff charge is simply a way of telling an intruder that she is in charge. Bluff charges are especially common when people bring dogs into bear country as dogs are easily perceived as a threat by bears. She was in a designated primary wildlife corridor doing exactly what she was supposed to be doing. The people were in her turf, not the other way around. As we encroach more and more on wilderness corridors, we can only expect to see more and more incidents like this one. After the relocation, a petition was started that attracted more than 4,000 signatures from people that did not want to see 148 killed for no good management reason. Even the individual that was involved in the bluff charge encounter supports the right of 148 to use that particular corridor. She is just at the age where she may have mated for the first time and female bears are critical to the stability of the local bear population. After this huge public outcry, conservation officers have softened their stance on 148. Alberta officials are now talking about a partnership with Banff Park Wardens when dealing with bears like 148 when she leaves the boundaries of the park and wanders into Provincial lands. Despite this, Conservation Officer Jay Honeyman did reiterate that "bears cannot be within the developed footprint of the Town of Canmore", despite the fact that the designated corridors force them to be within this supposed no-go zone. In a recent article in the Rocky Mountain Outlook Honeyman was quoted: “When that bear comes out we’re trying to do what we can to enable her to live on the landscape without causing public safety concerns,” Honeyman said. “Nobody is taking this lightly. Nobody, more so people who work with wildlife, want to harm or euthanize wildlife … but we can’t and won’t ignore public safety.” This is particularly important as the area she was spending time is an area where buffaloberries are now ripening. Many more bears will be attracted to the lower Bow Valley over the next several weeks as these berries ripen. If you don't know how to recognize this plant, then stop right now and watch this safety video that I've put together to help you understand the critical importance of buffaloberries. Buffaloberries mean bears and so over the next 6-8 weeks, or until the first frost of the season, bears will descend to the valley bottom to feast on these critical berries. Don't walk along the town trails without bear spray on your belt - especially in the areas around Quarry Lake and the Peaks of Grassi primary wildlife corridors. Things are only going to get tougher for bears in the Canmore/Quarry Lake area as the Town of Canmore pushes forward with its proposed mountain bike park in the Quarry Lake area. Mayor John Borrowman supports this ecological madness, continually claiming that the area is NOT a habitat patch and therefore not of importance to wildlife. This is something that I have a lot of background in. I wrote two books on mountain biking, including Mountain Bike! The Canadian Rockies and Mountain Bike! Southwestern British Columbia. I also designed the original route for the famous Trans Rockies Challenge that ran from Fernie  British Columbia to Canmore. It was called the  "Toughest Race in the World" by both Mountain Bike and Bike magazines. I've spent the past 30 years out on foot and pedal and, as a biologist, I'm always working to educate people on bear safety. I understand the Mayor saying that there are already too many pirate trails that go through wildlife corridors and they should be dismantled. Wildlife corridors should be signed and marked off limits. This would have to be tempered by the reality that the corridors west of the Peaks of Grassi are already mostly useless - especially if we punish bears for using them. Areas adjacent to the corridors are NOT places to put intensive development. If a bear is using the corridor and feels crowded, it will move into adjacent habitats. New trails will be used by bears if they are perceived to be quieter than the wildlife corridor due to less human use. Building trails does NOT mean that bears will not use them, just ask the Nordic Centre. I would also argue that the off-leash park should also be moved to an area not adjacent to critical habitat - especially since the town does NOT enforce illegal off-leash use outside of the dog park. It's time for this community to make a choice. Do we stand with wildlife, or do we stand with development? Do we want a vibrant community surrounded by intact ecosystems or do we want Disney? If you want the latter, hang out in Silver Tip as they are planning a wildlife apocalypse. Please join with me in opposing this bike park, regardless of the faulty reasoning that the mayor presents to share its ecological basis. His logic is false and his support of this development indicates that maybe it's time for a change at the helm. Next up…no national bird for Canada No National Bird for Canada Way back in Episode 14, recorded in November of last year, I talked about an effort to get the government of Canada to designate a national bird. If you'd like to hear more about the story, check out the full episode at www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep014. When I first began writing this story, I was unaware that Canada DIDN'T already have a national bird. After all, we had a national animal, a national tree and even a national horse - but alas, no bird. In 2016, the Royal Canadian Geographic Society sought to put an end to this obvious oversight by doing a national poll to see what bird should win the right to be Canada's feathered flagbearer. There were many contenders. People were invited to submit their suggestions for the best avian representatives and these were compiled to create a feathered list of frontrunners for a national vote. The ballot contained a list of birds that would make an Canuck proud. They included the black-capped chickadee, the Canada goose, the snowy owl, the loon and the Gray (or Canada) Jay. There were ardent avian allies of all the birds submitted. Any Canadian that has set up a winter bird feeder knows the black-capped chickadee with its habit of chirping its name as it collects sunflower seeds. It is a steadfast Canadian and refuses to leave in even the harshest of winters. They are friendly, and faithful to feeders from coast to coast. The Canada goose is another bird known to all. However it has, a dark side as one of very few waterfowl that do most of their feeding on land. This leads them to gather on golf courses and public parks where they have become a nuisance, so their votes suffered accordingly. The snowy owl seemed like a good options, but it is only known to a few dedicated birders and as a result, never garnered the numbers needed for a win. Now the loon. That was one that I thought would be a shoe in. Most of its worldly breeding range is in Canada and its call has become symbolic with the northern wilderness. Few Canadians don't recognize the haunting call of the loon and it has made many a camping trip memorable as campers try to imitate the call with their hands cupped tightly. The Gray (or Canada) Jay has been selected as Canada's candidate for a National Bird The rightful winner was the Gray jay. It's a bird with many names, gray jay, Canada jay, camp robber, whiskey jack, Perisorius canadensis…take your pick. It's an ever present companion to most outings in the wilds of Canada. Gray jays will quietly stalk your forays and appear just when the sandwiches are ready to be eaten. Turn your back on them and you may catch your corned beef flying off into the spruce and pine forest. I was an early advocate of the loon, but I la  ter sang the praises of the gray jay and it ended up taking the title of the bird most likely to become Canada's National Bird. Alas, this hope all came crashing down earlier this month when the federal government sent a terse message that they were not considering any additional national symbols at this time. Is that the end of it? I hope not. Perhaps a flock of crafty camp robbers will roost on Parliament Hill and carry off politicians lunches until they cry "uncle" and demand the liberals move forward with this feathered designation. And with that said, it's time to wrap this episode up. If you would like to explore the Canadian Rockies, Ward Cameron Enterprises is your one-stop shop for step-on and hiking guides, nature workshops and keynote presentations. We will make sure that your next mountain experience is one to remember. And with that said, the valley is smoky, so I'm hanging out with the ashes. Talk to you next week.

Forest Fires in B.C. Recent forest fires in British Columbia have once again raised the horror of forest fires to the top of the news feeds. The hot dry weather that has been a constant companion for the past few weeks has allowed the number of fires to escalate in the interior of British Columbia and has sky watchers in Alberta thankful for the good soaking we finally received after some record hot temps. B.C. has issued a state of Emergency due to the hundreds of forest fires and thousands of homes evacuated. This gives the province additional authority in times of emergency. The last time a province wide state of emergency was issued was in 2,003 which was another extreme year for fires. As of July 8, there were still 9 major fires burning out of control in the province. They were located throughout the dry interior and Caribou regions. Thousands had been evacuated with little time to grab personal belongings, or deal with animals and livestock. Numerous fires forced evacuations of the airport near Williams Lake. Firefighters are also arriving from numerous other provinces, police are moving inland from Vancouver and the military has been placed on standby to assist where possible. The Canadian Red Cross has also begun to accept donations to provide assistance to those affected by the fires and evacuations. They are also helping to supply bedding and cots to people displaced by the flames. In one day, on July 7, 142 new fires broke out across B.C. bringing the total to 182. By Monday, the number of fires had grown to 225. Some of the largest fires are burning near Princeton and Ashcroft. The Princeton fire swelled by a factor of 7 in just a few days. As of Saturday, July 8, it was engulfing some 1,500 hectares. The Ashcroft fire is more than 4,000 hectares in size. Cache Creek was also evacuated as a result of this fire. As the fire moved through Cache Creek, it burned two airport hangers and 30 homes in a Boston Flats trailer park. It also burned through the Ashcroft Indian Reserve. A 3,200 ha fire near 100 Mile House forced evacuation of the entire town on Sunday, July 10. To complicate matters, they had to drive through the night to make their way to Prince George as Kamloops was already inundated with people that had been displaced by other fires. The evacuation of 100 Mile House brought the number of evacuees in British Columbia to more than 14,000. For firefighters, it seems that every tiny bit of progress on one fire is countered by new outbreaks, changes in the winds or fires closing in on new communities. Williams Lake, a town of 10,500 now has fires closing in on three sides with a total of 5 fires burning in the area. Alberta fire crews are heading to B.C. to help with the firestorm and thankfully, many areas in Alberta got a good dousing of rain today. This should help reduce our hazard level and free up more firefighters to travel west. In an outpouring of generosity, Fort McMurry has reached out to help British Columbians. After enduring devastating fires last summer, the community is sending trailers full of bottled water, toiletries, medical supplies, food and fuel to Kamloops and Prince George. This time last summer, they were the people in desperate need of assistance. Fort Mac lost thousands of homes and resulted in one of the largest evacuations in Canadian history. The fire was so massive and unpredictable that it was dubbed "the beast". No matter what fire crews did, the fire seemed to thwart their efforts. Youtube videos showing the evacuation are absolutely terrifying as some 60,000 people tried to head out of town on Highway 63, only single highway leading into and out of fort McMurray. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieTQvIdG-Vo Canadians take care of each other. The Red Cross is now taking donations to provide relief to displaced families in British Columbia. To donate you can simply text 'FIRES' to 45678 and you'll make a $10 donation to the Red Cross BC Fires Appeal. Cash is always the best way to donate. Goods are much more difficult to manage and involve larger logistic challenges. If you want to do more, hold a fundraiser and donate the proceeds to the Red Cross or another organization assisting in the locally affected areas. Please focus on cash as local agencies are already overwhelmed and unable to accept donations of clothing and toys. If you need to donate goods, contact local agencies and find out what they need before collecting materials and assuming there will be facilities and personnel to store and distribute it. Also, like Fort McMurray, the residents of affected areas will need help long after the flames have subsided. With changing climates, large fires are likely to become more explosive AND more prevalent. Even here in Alberta, while we are seeing more total moisture over the course of the year, we are seeing it in fewer, more extreme storms. Just today we ended a dry heatwave with a huge thunderstorm that produced prodigious amounts of precipitation. For days, we have been in a similar situation to our neighbours in B.C. but we dodged the bullet with the large downpouring of rain. As we look to the future, we also have to look at the changing climate realities. Longer droughts mean larger fires. Prescribed burns reduce the fuel available to potential fires, but they also provide natural fire breaks in the case of major fire seasons like this year, and 2003 which saw fires burning extensively through the Rockies. That summer huge fires burned around the Blairmore area in the Crowsnest Pass as well as a huge area of Kootenay National Park. At its peak, three fires converged near Vermillion Pass in Kootenay National Park and made a run for the Alberta border and the adjacent Bow Valley. It took heroic efforts by fire fighters to keep that fire from sweeping towards communities like Banff. It's time to look at stepping up our programs of prescribed burns to keep up with the changing realities of climate change. This summer, the mountain parks are planning a number of burns. There are numerous reasons for planning prescribed fires. They include improvement of wildlife or plant habitat, reduction of disease or invasive species, and most importantly at this time, they provide firebreaks and fuel reduction. Ecologically fire is essential to most mountain landscapes. If we look beyond the immediate danger, the role of forest fires on ecosystems is a key process that helps drive the ecology of the mountain west. While fire near communities is both inevitable and destructive, that's where fuel reduction and prescribed burns can help provide effective barriers to conflagrations like the current ones being experienced. Outside of communities, fire is a critical part of mountain ecological processes. In nature, any time there is a regular and inevitable disturbance, nature will learn to take advantage of it. That's why the two landscapes in the Rockies that we, as humans, see devastation…forest fire sites and avalanche slopes, nature sees opportunity. They are too of the most productive habitats in the mountain west. If we look at our local trees, many are particular fire adapted. Douglas-fir trees sport thick cork layers that allow them to survive all but the largest fires. Core samples from large Douglas-firs help fire ecologists to determine local fire histories often spanning centuries. Trembling aspen trees are a truly unique plant. One tree will grow from a seed. It will then send out roots horizontally just below the surface. Periodically they will emerge as new shoots or suckers. That's why if you have an aspen in your yard, every time you cut the lawn, you're cutting down newly sprouted suckers that will quickly take over your property if you don't stay on top of them. Clonal groves of aspen can be enormous, spanning hundreds of hectares, all representing a single organism, joined by a common root system. They are also some of the oldest living things. Although individual stems are not particularly long lived, the root systems can live for tens of thousands of years. One particular grove in Utah, in the Fishlake National Forest, is estimated to be some 80,000 years old…yowza. A single organism has been alive since long before humans made their way to the new world. Aspen groves living today could have witnessed the extinctions of the woolly mammoth. They could have witnessed the disappearance of the Neanderthal in Europe where their relatives also exhibit the same longevity. When a fire comes through, the shoots are killed, but the roots survive. Before long, they begin to send up new shoots to greet the new firescape. This brings us to the lodgepole pine. This common low elevation pine tree can't even reproduce on a large scale without the help of fire. Its cones are sealed with a hard wax that will only melt when the temperature reaches approximately 45 C. In this area, that means fire. It just doesn't get that hot…at least not yet. They've actually taken this adaptation to fire one step further. They have perfected something that most gardeners would kill for, they're a self-pruner. Any branch that doesn't get enough sunlight, they shut off the power and let that branch die. That does two things. It lets them operate more efficiently in a harsh climate, much like a lot of corporations these days…killing off the unprofitable branches. But it does one other thing; how much do you think it will take to light those dry, dead branches on fire? Not much. In a way, they've found a way to attract fire, and through death comes life, comes a new generation of lodgepole pines. This is a good strategy for lodgepole pines, and in the east, jack pines, because they can't live in any shade at all. Not even the shade of another lodgepole pine. If a fire doesn't shake things up every 90 to 130 years, eventually the shade tolerant white spruce will shade them out and they'll disappear. About this time, people say, "but what about the animals…we've all seen Bambi". In reality, Bambi was not very realistic. Very few animals die in forest fires. A natural fire is not like a tsunami of death. It moves more like a tornado. It leaves almost as much unburnt as it burns. To fly over a natural fire, you will see something that looks like a patchwork quilt of burned and unburned areas. It moves much more like a tornado than a wave of destruction. It is a very chaotic movement. If you watch coverage from the Fort McMuray fires of 2016, you're constantly struck by the fact that while communities were devastated, individual homes somehow survived in the middle of the conflagration. Animals take advantage of this pathwork character and pick their way between the burned and unburned areas to stay away from the flames. However, imagine life as a common animal, a red squirrel. Now imagine spending your life chewing open the rock hard cones of the lodgepole pine, trying to get at the few seeds that are inside; it's a whole lot of work for a few seeds. But suddenly, as those flames flicker out, for as far as the eye can see, the ground is covered with millions upon millions of juicy, tasty, succulent, chewy seeds. They'll move back into that fire site as fast as their little legs can carry them, and hot on their tails will be every other seed eating bird and animal, and they'll have the biggest feeding frenzy they'll ever have in their lives…but even at their best, they can't eat all those seeds. At the same time, before the trees even stop smoldering, hundreds of large black beetles will descend on the scene. These are the white-spotted sawyer beetle. They're several centimetres in length and then they have antennae that are as long as their body. I don't care how tough you are, if you look at your shoulder and see one of these beetles, you scream like a school girl. These are wood boring beetles and they lay their eggs in the newly burned wood. Well beetles don't arrive in a vacuum. Hot on their trail will be an in migration of woodpeckers. The woodpecker population can increase by 500% following a forest fire as the woodpeckers are attracted to the insects that are attracted to the dead wood. Well, what do woodpeckers do to trees? They bore holes in them. Those holes are what many of our native songbirds need to nest and so the songbird population also increases after a forest fire. On the ground, for the first time in perhaps a hundred years, sunlight bakes the forest floor. This will spur an explosion of wildflowers, followed by a larger explosion of new shrubs and trees. This new growth is the food the animals most people visiting the mountains are here to see. The word moose, is an Algonkian native term that literally translates to 'twig eater'. They need the new twigs, the new growth that comes in after a forest fire. In Montana, they did a study of grizzly bears and they found that of the foods important to grizzlies, almost all were more common in areas that regularly had fire, which simply means more bears in areas that regularly burn. This includes buffaloberries which represent the single most important food to black and grizzly bears in the Rockies. They have just ripened locally and they line most low elevation trails and roads. Expect closures as bears are attracted to these critical foods. An adult grizzly can eat the equivalent of 75 Big Macs a day for the next 6 weeks. Fire makes fat bears. Fire is as much a part of our mountain landscape as bears, berries, glaciers and global warming. As communities, they are our greatest fear and our hearts go out to our British Columbia brothers and sisters. However in the larger ecosystem they are critical. As we look towards a future of changing climatic norms, we need to carefully consider the role fire will play in this changing landscape. Prescribed burns can allow fuel to burn on our schedule rather than that of the fickle finger of fate. For the past 30 years the mountain west has been slowly ramping up the use of prescribed fires in order to improve habitat, reduce the rate that invasive species can move and in this story, most importantly, reduce the likelihood of large fires sweeping through our communities. We really need to support our B.C. neighbours as fire terrorizes their communities at the moment. They will need our help for some time to come. At the same time, we need to also realize that fire is an integral part of our landscape. We can't stop it without compromising the ecology that has evolved over millions of years around fire created ecosystems.

Peter Stone from 100 Mile House joins us on this episode to chat about "Hiraeth", their fabulous new album of deeply personal and introspective songs about life, love, loss and the meaning of home. Recorded in Edmonton AB, with partner Denise MacKay, and Peter in the producer's chair, the album features some fine musical arrangements - including some gorgeous use of both violin and cello, alongside some fabulous harmonies. We also include some of the best of the latest new releases. Check out the full playlist online at folkrootsradio.com.

Listen to a few broadcasts of Deconstructing Dinner, and choosing food may suddenly become an intimidating adventure. It is of the utmost importance that we also bring our listeners examples of alternatives to the industrial food system that is spiraling out of the control of Canadians. Enter the co-operative model of operating a business. Long an example in Canada of how people can assume control over our needs and resources, co-operatives as an alternative to the industrial food system will be the focus of this series. This is an exciting series, as we ourselves at Kootenay Co-op Radio are a co-operative too. How does a co-operative differ from a traditional business? Most importantly, a co-operative is owned and democratically controlled by the people who use the services or by those working within the co-op. A co-op is operated for the benefit of members and members have a say in decisions affecting the co-op. In the case of food, such a premise directly challenges many of the pressing issues Deconstructing Dinner explores on a weekly basis. On this Part II of the series, we look at how co-operatives can provide an alternative to agricultural land ownership and how farmers can receive a fair price by working together to market their product. Guests Rob Diether and Lorraine LeBourdais - Horse Lake Community Farm Co-operative (100-Mile House, BC) - An innovative plan to protect a unique piece of farmland in British Columbia is providing a model of how a community can take ownership of the land that feeds them, and guarantee access to locally grown food. Working with The Land Conservancy (TLC), a co-operative has been formed to purchase and preserve a 133-acre farm at the east end of Horse Lake. Joining the Co-op provides many benefits. These include community involvement in the farm's operation with preferred access to the farm's organic produce, educational and cultural activities and special programs and events on the property. Cathleen and Brewster Kneen - The Ram's Horn (Ottawa, ON) - In October 2006, Deconstructing Dinner recorded Cathleen and Brewster speak at the Bridging Borders Towards Food Security Conference held in Vancouver, BC. Their workshop told the story of the Northumberland Lamb Marketing Co-operative in Truro, Nova Scotia, which recently marked its 25th anniversary. Their workshop explored the factors that made Northumberlamb a voluntary supply management system, setting prices, controlling quality, negotiating delivery times and volumes with farmers, and supplying the major supermarkets in the province with local lamb year round. Cathleen and Brewster publish The Ram's Horn - a monthly journal of food systems analysis. Audio Clips Grassroots Groceries - Produced and hosted by Wajid Jenkins for Sprouts - a weekly news magazine of the Pacifica Foundation. Wajid hosts The Compost Pile at WORT Madison, Wisconsin. Grassroots Groceries looks at the past, present and future prospects for grassroots groceries in Madison, Wisconsin. With a globalized food system that favors centralized, large-volume brokers, small-scale grocers face huge obstacles. One of the original food cooperatives in the United States, the Mifflin Street Community Cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin was forced to close its doors on Friday December 8, 2006. Established in January 1969, Mifflin Coop played a pivotal role in the progressive movement for food justice in the Midwest and beyond. With roots in the radical politics of the movement against the Vietnam War, Mifflin has remained true to its original values and mission. It is a collectively managed, member-owned small-scale grocery. Mifflin was central in the formation and support of other cooperative businesses in the Midwest, loaning money, inspiring discussion and forging new paths. It struggled with debt, changing neighborhood demographics and runaway globalization of the food system. Now, after 38 years, it has closed it's doors, leaving a small but obvious hole in the local food scene in Madison.