Nancy Shields

Contributor

Homebase: Nanaimo

Nancy is a bit of a mixed bag. When she is not hitting the slopes or riding her bike, she gets creative. With an arsenal of marketing, photography and design, combined with an extensive background in photojournalism, print and web design. She is always on the lookout for new and exciting ventures to be a part of.

Stories by Nancy Shields

Guided hike to 5,000 year old First Nations village

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Mon. May. 14/18

#ExplorePortAlberni Instead of counting highway lines – because there were none – I looked out the...

Hike the heart of Vancouver Island #ExplorePortAlberni

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Tue. May. 8/18

#ExplorePortAlberni “That’s a MacGillivray's warbler,” said our intrepid guide Sandy McRuer, pausing...

Farmer’s Markets are more than carrots and crafts

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Mon. May. 7/18

Spring is a time for renewal, growth and getting back out in the garden.

Taking up a new hobby...

A “crafty” way to explore British Columbia

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Tue. Apr. 24/18

“I’m not sure how it happened,” said the man sitting next to me with a flight of beer in front of...

Get your Gran Fondo on with these grand rides

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Mon. Apr. 16/18

Somebody, or probably a lot of them at the front of the pack are probably grinding their gears as...

Floating fun central on the Shuswap

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Wed. Apr. 11/18

Somewhere between being shot out of the waterslide like a cannon ball and jumping off the top deck...

Forests of the Sunshine Coast with Talaysay Tours

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Fri. Apr. 6/18

“This whole area is one fantastic, giant archeological site,” Candace Campo told me as we convened...

Sail away for a fishing day on the Sunshine Coast

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Mon. Mar. 26/18

Roxanne Jerema’s journey from working as a taxidermist in land-locked Saskatchewan to running a...

‘The way forward’: Crafting one canoe with many hands

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Thu. Feb. 22/18

The project’s premise was simple: one tree equals one sea-worthy canoe built by many hands, some...

Here’s where you get to be a buffalo or a buffalo runner

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Thu. Jan. 18/18

The wind is strong from the east. Our jackets flap, our hair tangles and our invisible scent carries...

Frank Slide Interpretative Trail in the Crowsnest Pass

The day Turtle Mountain moved

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Thu. Jan. 18/18

On April 29, 1903 at 4:10 a.m., 82 million tons of rock broke off Turtle Mountain’s summit and came...

Alberta's horse drawn past at Remington Carriage Museum

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Tue. Jan. 16/18

“We like to say that Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and the Royal Tyrrell Museum are the battleships...