A week of torrential downpour followed by a week of cold temperatures and sunshine can only mean one thing – shoulder season. Other parts of the country get fall colours and harvest celebrations but Vancouver, for better or worse, gets flip-flopping extremes (or at least extreme for us; it only drops below freezing a couple times […]

Ever since the end of high school summer has been a hectic time of year, especially in my line of work where it is referred to as the “field season”. This is perhaps a bit of a misnomer, as it conjures images of frolicking through alpine meadows or casual strolls through sun-kissed hay or alfalfa […]

Every once in a while, my work takes me across this great country of ours to a strange and different land… in this case, it happened to be all the way over to the funny-talking but mostly uninhabited (by humans) boreal forests of Labrador. The following pictures document some of the non-work fun to had […]

October was another busy month that resulted in an excess of heli-commuting and even some clear days. The mountains were dusted with snow and I compulsively took photos of them – these are the best. (The first couple pics are actually from the west, not north, and some of the later ones are from Gone […]