Happy holidays from all of us at British Columbia Magazine. Thank you for your support in 2011 — we look forward to bringing you more great photography and articles about the best of B.C. in 2012.
Please note that our subscription department will be open December 28 and 29 (full days) and December 30 (morning only), but will otherwise be closed for the holidays until January 3, 2012. Contact: 800-663-7611, 604-713-0400; cs@bcmag.ca
The Summer 2011 issue of British Columbia Magazine has hit B.C. newsstands (and once the Canadian postal strike ends, subscribers should begin receiving their copies too). Our featured contributor for the issue is photographer Byron Fry:
At age 23, Fry is already pursuing a second vocation. Call him a Renaissance man–or simply a photographer who discovered that he loves baking bread in a wood-fired oven.
Fry, also a vintage motorcycle aficionado, is now spending his days building a farm-based artisan bakery in his hometown of Metchosin, outside of Victoria. Both of Fry’s grandfathers were bakers, which may explain his affinity for kneading dough.
But before Fry became a baker, he travelled to the Broken Group of islands in Barkley Sound to bring us images from an exciting archaeological dig (”Secrets of the Sound”). Fry had first noticed the project mentioned on a University of Victoria website and was eventually invited to photograph the dig. “The work they were doing was so fascinating, and the place itself, the Broken islands, was so captivating.”
The highlight for Fry was walking around rarely visited islands on old lookout trails, the paths worn from centuries of First Nations’ habitation.
“I’m just happy to have been part of that project,” says Fry. “And I am really happy for people to see what was going on up there.”
Check out Fry’s six-minute long slideshow in which he shares additional images, as well as sound recordings, from the assignment.
From all of us here at British Columbia Magazine, we wish you and your family a wonderful, memorable holiday season. Thank you for all your support in 2010. We look forward to bringing you more of B.C.’s best travel destinations, outdoor recreation opportunities, wilderness and wildlife, remarkable people, culture, and more in 2011!
The editorial team at British Columbia Magazine is pleased to introduce our new Editor-in-Chief, Jane Nahirny!
Jane officially took the Editor’s chair on August 23, but she’s no stranger to the magazine. Jane first joined us in November 2007 to fill a maternity leave. One of her first tasks was writing the 18-page sesquicentennial feature for our special B.C. 150 issue.
Further assignments followed, and, one year later, Jane returned to serve as promotions coordinator to market the magazine’s 50th anniversary. During that time, she developed the master plan for our popular “Share Your B.C.” campaign, in which participants contribute their favourite B.C. places and activities to a searchable, permanent database. For our current issue, Fall 2010, she explored and wrote about the charms of Nelson, available to read here.
Jane’s editorial background includes more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor with such publications as Canadian HomeStyle, Hamilton Magazine, Golf Canada, and Wedding Bells Magazine. Most recently, she worked as Communications Director for the Montreal-based Canadian Sporting Goods Association.
“I truly feel honoured to guide this iconic publication into its next era,” says Jane. “I look forward to continuing to provide readers with the high-quality articles and inspiring photo spreads they’ve come to expect from British Columbia Magazine, and to creating editorial features that meet the needs of a new generation of readers.”
We’re all thrilled to have Jane here: for her numerous editorial talents and her infectious enthusiasm.
Watch for Jane’s first Front Lines column in our upcoming Winter 2010 issue, out on newsstands in early December.
Head to Castlegar this week for your chance to meet one of British Columbia’s most fascinating fish, face to face.
On Wednesday, April 22nd, the public is invited to help release juvenile white sturgeon by hand into the Columbia River.
The young fish to be let into the wild are only 15 to 25 centimetres long and weigh approximately 60 grams, but may ultimately grow as big as a canoe and live for 100 years!
White sturgeon have existed since prehistoric times, but are now struggling to survive due to habitat degradation, water contamination, poaching, and other factors. Approximately 10,000 10-month-old sturgeon have been released into B.C.’s Columbia River over the last seven years in an attempt to shore up this population (one of six in the province), while biologists search for more long-term solutions. There are perhaps 1,000 adults in the B.C. portion of the Columbia today.
The release, hosted by the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program, will take place at Hugh Keenleyside Dam from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more on white sturgeon, check out “The amazing sturgeon” in the Fall 2008 issue of British Columbia Magazine.