With B.C. Parks stretched thin, Ming Neil’s career in Princess Louisa Inlet shows the limits of love for the land — and what happens when community fills the funding gap

Thank you so much to those of you who have submitted haiku for the winter advent calendar! We are enjoying them so much. There is still time to submit as the deadline is October 31st

We did enjoy the haiku from the newcomers and gave them a serious reading. Sorry if we missed anything else! All the rushing did inspire this month’s prompt

We cannot thank you enough for paying off the loan for our dear friend’s grandmother’s pacemaker! She is doing so well, walking around the hospital corridors and attending physio. She will be home soo...

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moonlamps — the flow of a fluther island-blooming after ‘reef aquarium’ by Miko San Sheikha A., Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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This contains another column by our excellent commentator, Sean B. Wright. You may not know that Sean writes several columns on Substack. Sea Creature Haiku

Wow, wow, wow, is all we can say! Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest!

I participated in the Chronic Pain Project in Vancouver, Washington, twice now. I was pleased that they asked me to do an artist's video interview.

The Solitary Daisy 2026 Haiku Contest is well underway with over 175 haiku already received! Deadline is April 4th at midnight PT. Birds of Spring Haiku

Acid rain, toxic air, contaminated water and soil, and the possibility of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.

Canada's Natalie Wilkie captured her second biathlon gold of the Milano-Cortina Paralympics on Friday, winning the women's standing sprint pursuit for her fourth medal in as many events.