“Oh yeah,” my sweetheart says as he steps tentatively into the wobbly canoe, “we are totally going in today.” The vessel sways precariously and I grip the sides at the front where I’m already seated, ...

This is an excerpt that was adapted for High Country News from The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam, by Christopher Pollon, with photographs by Ben Nelms. In 1962, BC Hydro sent Charlie ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY – The 30th consecutive Freedom Swim from Port Charlotte to Punta Gorda will occur at noon Sunday, on what should be an outgoing tide. The swim was technically closed to the public in ...

Like the naming of the Kissimmee, the origin of the Peace River’s name is subject to dispute. It helps, when looking at old maps or reading old books, to recognize that Peas Creek and the Peace River ...