Last week in Sechelt I found a copy of Elizabeth David’s An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, a collection of her essays on food and drink. My introduction to her books was via Summer Cooking, a …

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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Gift icon0 / 3 No gift articles left You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. “We are the land and the land is us,” explains Talaysay Campo, born and raised in the Squamish and Sechelt cultures of Canada’s First Nations. On Campo’s Talking Trees tour in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, the city’s vast green 400-hectare lung, we are introduced to the plants, medicines and technologies of her people. First, we meet the vine maple tree. “It doesn’t know personal space – it likes to branch out and reach for that sunshine,” Talaysay says. Its wood is strong but flexible so it is useful for constructing shelters. If the tree arched in shape, then that shape would form the frame for a shelter. Next, we meet the mighty Douglas fir, which soars into the sky with bark so thick it resists forest fires but, ironically, there’s an element in its sap that helps start fires, and it was tapped for just that purpose. Advertisement Deeper into the forest we find salmonberries, huckleberries and...

A horse and sheep have been found dead in the West Sechelt neighourhood.

A horse and sheep have been found dead in the West Sechelt neighourhood.