Andrew Cruickshank hops aboard a helicopter with some avid paddleboarders and heads into the B.C. interior to enjoy their favourite sport on azure glacial rivers and snowcapped mountains.

Writer Ayesha Habib visits the tiny B.C. community of Tofino and finds that its rock shoreline and angry waves are drawing a lot of attention from female surfers these days.

Sonya Hwang says because of British Columbia's vast and diverse natural region located on the Pacific Flyway it attracts rare birds travelling from the Arctic to their winter nesting grounds in Mexico.

Patti Shales Lefkos discovers B.C. valley is ripe with producers, whose sweet drink is a real challenge to province's famed wineries.

Hiking expert and B.C. native Patti Shales Lefkos reviews her favourite hiking trails in Canada'a most beautiful province and shares some secrets on how to navigate them.

VANCOUVER - Recently, younger travellers have been choosing their destinations for another reason — getting in a good workout.

VANCOUVER - Coach No. 5 is abuzz with excitement. The occupants have spotted a bald eagle soaring majestically above the bi-level car’s glass dome ceiling and cameras are clicking at a rapid pace. The graceful creature with the piercing eyes and trademark white head and tail seems to be enjoying all the attention and follows our Rocky Mountaineer train until suddenly, and without warning, it drops from the sky like a missile and plucks a large fish out of an emerald green lake with its lethal t...

VANCOUVER - Bee hotels are all the buzz these days. The newest “Bee&Bee”, as the staff love to call it, can be found on the Vancouver Fairmont Waterfront’s 2,100 square foot herb garden on the third-floor terrace.

VANCOUVER - “C’est qui la gourmande?!” A small boy raises his hand and I reach out of the truck to give him a piping hot Nutella crêpe. “Bon appétit!” I yell. He smiles shyly but is more interested in the food than me.

CONRAD GLACIER, B.C. - Clinging like a gecko to the sheer face of a giant rock slab, I figure there’s no better time to practice mind over matter … as in, it won’t matter if I take a tiny misstep and plunge off this cliff because I’m wearing a safety harness attached to a fixed steel cable.