Playing out year over year, the chaotic cycle of drought crises has become a familiar experience for British Columbians.

When a loyal ally can be squeezed over land inside its own territory, collective defence starts to look like an open protection racket.

Residents whose homes cluster along waterways, canals and shorelines have built organised systems for living with climate change.

For Annie Dillard, the sonic intensity of poetry was critical to every form of writing she published throughout her life.