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Vancouver Island

  • Music

    March 14, 2012

    Family Stepping Stone

    Two of the city's hippest funk institutions would rather hit an off note than play the same thing twice.

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Mussels on the Menu at Mariners' Games This Year

    ​The Northwest League's short-lived foray into Vancouver Island, the mighty Victoria Mussels, may have marked the last time bivalves appeared in a west coast ballpark. That 32-year drought ends this year with the addition of steamed Penn Cove mussels to Safeco Field's concession menu. Safeco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Deadly Salmon-Virus Tests Kept Secret for Years by Canada, Leaked Documents Say

    In mid-October, Canadian officials announced the shocking new discovery of a deadly virus that had infected sockeye salmon in British Columbia and was a threat to salmon all over the Pacific Northwest. Turns out, however, that the discovery was neither shocking nor new.

  • Film

    September 7, 2011

    The Whale: A Sad True-Whale Tale in Vancouver, B.C.

    In mid-October, Canadian officials announced the shocking new discovery of a deadly virus that had infected sockeye salmon in British Columbia and was a threat to salmon all over the Pacific Northwest. Turns out, however, that the discovery was neither shocking nor new.

  • News

    July 27, 2011

    Nowhere-Near-the-Border Patrol in Forks

    How a flush government agency found trouble in the coastal home of Twilight.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Punch Gallery Artist Experiments With Extreme Locavorism

    ​An Ellensburg artist whose wood-burned and hand-knit pieces exploring outdoor recreation are now on exhibit at the Punch Gallery credits a longstanding locavore project with shaping his thinking about nature. Howard Barlow is preparing to embark on his third "Project Hungry Hungry Howard," d ... More >>

  • Music

    May 18, 2011

    True Patriot Pride

    Why the people waving their nation's flag at rock festivals this summer probably won't be Americans.

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    This Dispensary Really Does 'Care': Freebies For Cancer Patients

    THC Care Provider in Ballard offers all new patients a free gram of their choice, and this dispensary also gives all qualifying cancer patients a free eighth of medical marijuana (a $40 value) every month.

  • Arts

    March 30, 2011

    The Fussy Eye: No Sparks

    A science fair at the Henry.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Twilight Cast Evacuated From Vancouver Island Set; Actress Sends "Last Tweet"

    ​The Japanese earthquake/tsunami is now officially a tragedy. The cast and crew filming the new Twilight movie Breaking Dawn on Vancouver Island have been evacuated and the filming temporarily suspended. Actress Tinsel Korey (aka Emily Young) is also pretty convinced that she may be dead soon.

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Vancouver Island Bald Eagles Are "Falling From the Sky"

    ​It was one thing when starlings, robins, and turtledoves were falling dead from the sky in places like Kentucky, Italy, and Arkansas. Those places are far from the Pacific Northwest, and the birds are just common species that no one cares about anyway. Well, now bizarre bird deaths have final ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Tina Michele Sammons Is The Latest in a String of Accused Canadian Cancer-Fakers

    ​If there is any surer way to guarantee that karma will come back around to kill you than faking a cancer diagnosis, we'd love to hear it. Or better yet, the four people in one month who have now allegedly faked the Big C in Canada would love to hear it, because they're apparently big fans of ... More >>

  • Food

    July 28, 2010

    Versus: Go Shuck Yourself

    Slurping oysters at The Brooklyn and Elliott’s Oyster House.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Versus: Slippery When Wet

    The Dish With so many beloved Seattle dining institutions offering oyster happy hour these days, we set out to find which one could not only lure us in, but keep us slurping for more. Some clues that you're in a good oyster bar: there's a sense of nostalgia, the bar is packed, the shucker is visib ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 23, 2010

    Stacking Wood

    W. Scott Trimble builds a path less traveled.

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Just How "Historic" Will Chris Gregoire's Announcement Today Be?

    If this mysterious event of historic proportions isn't as a big a deal as covering the entire world with water, we're really not that interested.​The Pacific Science Center sent an e-blast to members of the media yesterday telling them to be at the center by 11:30 a.m. because the Governor and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Curtis Ebbesmeyer

    If this mysterious event of historic proportions isn't as a big a deal as covering the entire world with water, we're really not that interested.​The Pacific Science Center sent an e-blast to members of the media yesterday telling them to be at the center by 11:30 a.m. because the Governor and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Curtis Ebbesmeyer

    If this mysterious event of historic proportions isn't as a big a deal as covering the entire world with water, we're really not that interested.​The Pacific Science Center sent an e-blast to members of the media yesterday telling them to be at the center by 11:30 a.m. because the Governor and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2009

    Curtis Ebbesmeyer

    If this mysterious event of historic proportions isn't as a big a deal as covering the entire world with water, we're really not that interested.​The Pacific Science Center sent an e-blast to members of the media yesterday telling them to be at the center by 11:30 a.m. because the Governor and ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 1, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Notable Events

    If this mysterious event of historic proportions isn't as a big a deal as covering the entire world with water, we're really not that interested.​The Pacific Science Center sent an e-blast to members of the media yesterday telling them to be at the center by 11:30 a.m. because the Governor and ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2008

    Where the Feet Have No Name

    Body parts washing up on Pacific Northwest shores are no cause for alarm to one UW oceanographer.

  • News

    July 16, 2008

    Betting on David Black

    Major dailies are shedding employees, hemorrhaging cash, and losing advertisers to the Web. So why is David Black swimming in ink?

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2008

    SIFF Pick of the Day: Saving Luna

    Major dailies are shedding employees, hemorrhaging cash, and losing advertisers to the Web. So why is David Black swimming in ink?

  • Film

    May 28, 2008

    SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    Feel Like You're Digging out of a Hole?

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • News

    April 18, 2007

    Washington Divers Are Pining for a Good Sunken Ship

    It's not so easy to sink an old ship in the Sound, much to the chagrin of scuba divers.

  • Arts

    February 7, 2007

    SUNDAY

    Storytelling: The Human-Orca Connection

  • Food

    June 14, 2006

    Hook, Line, and Urethane

    Commercial trolling for wild salmon makes a comeback.

  • Diversions

    June 7, 2006

    Whoops!

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

  • News

    June 29, 2005

    Media, Education, Environment

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Jed Clampett in Alaska

    March. 9-15, 2005.

  • Food

    August 4, 2004

    Psych the Cellar

    March. 9-15, 2005.

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Wreck of the Martle

    The story of a big 2003 storm and a close call on Puget Sound.

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    Feds Not Towing the Line

    Will the Coast Guard balk at funding an oil-spill-prevention tug at Neah Bay?

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Overjoyed Orca

    Humans tame another stray killer whale.

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    FREE SPRINGER!

    But while the Northwest pulled together to save one sickly whale, the remaining Puget Sound orcas face an uncertain future.

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Gangsta Salmon

    Farmed fish threaten the very waters they grow in.

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    Swept away

    Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Everything you learned about earthquakes last time we had one but forgot by the time this one came along . . .

    Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Moth-eaten state

    The spraying for gypsy moths proceeds, damaging government en route.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Answers to Questions from Individuals who Oppose the Gypsy Moth Program

    DRAFT

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Bugged in Ballard

    State bureaucrats bungle the spraying for gypsy moths by downplaying the scientific evidence in their favor.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Here in Geoduck Junction

    Finding a home among the migrants, mavericks, and mutants of the Pacific Northwest.

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Spilt decision

    Oil spill prevention sinks like a stone.

  • Arts

    March 10, 1999

    Seattle as Wrightscape

    How Virginia and Bagley Wright brought Seattle into the 20th century.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    The ships hit the fan

    The 'New Carissa' crack-up and other near-disasters show why rescue tugs are needed, and why they might not be enough.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    Free Buddy

    The lose-lose war at Neah Bay.

  • News

    October 7, 1998

    Letters

    Chickens of the sea

  • News

    September 30, 1998

    Salmon:

    Dire prophecy fulfilled

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