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The Spirit of British Columbia passes the Mayne Queen at Swartz Bay in 2008. On March 13, 2009, the Spirit of British Columbia had a close-quarters situation with the U.S. fishing vessel Falcon at the western entrance to Active Pass.

B.C. Ferries reports five near collisions in 2009

B.C. Ferries vessels were involved in five near collisions last year, two of them in constricted Active Pass in the southern Gulf Islands, according to marine reportable incidents for 2009.


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Undated image from Tahsish River Valley on Vancouver Island, where a lightning-caused fire last July devastated an area of clearcut old-growth forest over sensitive limestone karst.

Old-growth logging blamed for Island wasteland

A patch of the Tahsish River Valley on western Vancouver Island is the new poster child for the ecological impact of old-growth logging — this time on limestone karst, perhaps the world’s most fragile landscape.

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