Category Archives: editorial photography
Foggy Night
Along the banks of the Shuswap River, the town of Enderby sits in the evening fog.
Are the 2010 Olympic Winter Games bringing fair treatment for Canadian First Nations?
The National had a report on this matter on last night’s telecast.
CBC News – The National – Duncan McCue
The upcoming games in Vancouver have a strong First Nations front. Is this a sign of working towards a better future or it is simply – well, a front?
Canada has a poor record of fairness, including a poor recenet history:
Canada rejects UN human rights recommendations
Racism, poverty, aboriginal issues cited in UN report on Canada
I would consider myself hopeful, yet sceptical about meaningful changes for our First Nations Peoples’.
What is your take on these games for First Nations?
Favourite Image of 2009
The choice wasn’t easy for me but it ended up being boiled down to an experience. This past summer I spent an evening with a herd of free ranging bison on the prairies. Those moments will forever be etched in my memory. Rutting, noisy bulls, cautious cows – dusty – beautiful.
Grasslands National Park – Saskatchewan. If you get the chance, go.
Note to our Canadian Government.
A position on climate change policy does not have to be a choice between jobs OR the environment, that just is not the case. Our environment minister talks about protecting jobs, deflecting the real answers that he should be offering and feeding these divisive politics that are hurtful within Canada and outwardly for our image as Canadians. Please take a lead on these issues instead of dragging us down.
Fall Kokanee from Okanagan Lake
Kokanee are landlocked sockeye salmon and like their ocean-going relatives they turn beautifully red as they spawn. They can be considered as a conservation success story, in progress. Due to a number of factors, numbers had plummeted in Okanagan Lake, striking up significant action to change the decline in the 1990s.
Numbers of fish have returned to levels that now allow for a short angling season in the summer in Okanagan Lake.
Further Reading:
A Case History: The Kokanee Stocks of Okanagan Lake
BC Government Information Bulletin
