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Rowan Flood

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Vancouver Island outdoor enthusiasts want authorities to ‘open the gates’ to the backcountry. Here’s why it’s complicated.

Hundreds of thousands of hectares of unceded land privatized decades ago are blocked off — causing confusion and frustration for many outdoor lovers. But accessing land with complex ownership is far from simple.

A man with short hair and a beard smiles on a walkway at the beach, wearing a black apron and red shirt.
‘We became a family’: Finding home in Nanaimo from Syria

The Discourse listened to the experiences of three Syrian-Canadians to understand how they found home in a new country.