To the west, a market of 1.5 billion consumers. To the east, the planet’s dirtiest oil. And in the middle, a colossal coastline baring witness to the 21st century’s defining dilemma. Is the Northern Gateway Pipeline a straight shot at our nation’s best future? Or an arrow through Eden?
Click on the image below to read a very important feature from our Summer Issue. Written by Andrew Findlay and shot by Great Bear Rainforest crusader Ian McAllister, “Life On The Line” dives deep into the Enbridge Pipeline proposal, an environmental affront that could be one of the most important decisions Pacific Northwest citizens have ever faced.

Mitchell Scott
Mitchell Scott is the longtime Editor-in-Chief and co-publisher of both Kootenay Mountain Culture and Coast Mountain Culture Magazines. He's been in the writing/publishing/media business for over 20 years and currently lives in Nelson, BC where he tries to keep up with his two teenage sons with aching futility.
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