A B.C. couple abandons the idea of conceiving a child to save their stricken son

• Vancouver Sun

The need for cruise control

An environmentalist explains why better federal regulations are needed to police polluters among the world's fleet of cruise ships: State and local authorities can only do so much. Over six months this year, Puget Sound will see 211 big ships bearing 835,000 passengers call on Seattle.

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Canadians look at the Olympic torch protests and wonder if 2010 can be different

• Toronto Globe and Mail

Memorial service for 'Jocko, the brave little monkey who died trying to save his mate'

• Province (Vancouver, BC)

New to the north, jumbo squid could become a lucrative West Coast fishery

• Toronto Globe and Mail

The Northwest's real fairy tales

When it comes to Northwest legends, we usually think big: There's Bigfoot, D.B. Cooper's Big Heist, Paul Bunyan and his Big Blue Ox — even the Big White Worm of the Palouse. This tradition goes back. When Jonathan Swift documented Gulliver's travels in the early 1700s, he placed the land of the giants, Brobdingnag, in the Pacific Northwest — somewhere between what we know today as British Columbia and Alaska. But we have our mini-myths, as well. Yes, Northwest giants are fun to think about (remember Olaf?), but take a minute to think about our munchkins.

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Jocko the spider monkey is slain defending his apparently kidnapped mate

• Province (Vancouver, BC)

Cascadia: cradle of the environmental movement

• Vancouver Sun

The dream of a cohesive Cascadia region never dies

• Vancouver Sun

Annals of Northwest secession

A primer of regional separatist movements, real and imagined.

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Taser inquiry in B.C. opens, may lead to end of its use

• Toronto Globe and Mail

Nude bowling finally makes its way to Vancouver

• Toronto Globe and Mail

Vancouver's success with farmers markets brings a call for better facilities

• Vancouver Sun

The Port of Seattle warily eyes the new port in Prince Rupert, B.C.

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Proposed in Whistler: Put a troublesome bear on a birth control med

• Province (Vancouver, BC)

B.C. proposes 11 new provincial parks and other preserves to protect 2.4 million acres

• Toronto Globe and Mail

North America's only legal drug-injection site sues to stay open

• Toronto Globe and Mail

A shortage of docs, nurses, and beds prompts B.C. to send 78 pregnant women to Washington

• Vancouver Sun

B.C. forests, thanks to mountain pine beetle, have become net carbon source

• The Tyee (Vancouver)

Ban on mining uranium in B.C. angers industry

• Toronto Globe and Mail