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Canada’s Disappearing Giants: British Columbia’s Old-Growth Forests

May 15, 2017 / John Zada
A giant red cedar tree in an old growth forest in British Columbia, Canada,
Photo: John Zada

Al Jazeera Online is running a photo essay I’ve produced about old-growth logging in the ancient temperate rainforests of British Columbia and the struggle to protect some of the world’s largest trees and forest ecosystems.

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The Nathan E. Stewart Oil Spill

November 26, 2016 / John Zada
An aerial photograph of the Nathan E. Stewart oil spill cleanup near Bella Bella, BC, Canada.
Photo: Ian McAllister

In October of this year, the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat spilled diesel near Bella Bella, BC. My Al Jazeera report examines the impact on the Heiltsuk Nation.

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Canada’s Dark Secret: An Al Jazeera Documentary on Residential Schools

October 29, 2016 / John Zada
'Canada's Dark Secret' documentary crew interviewing former RCMP officer Ron Shortt in Powassan, Ontario
'Canada's Dark Secret' documentary crew interviewing former RCMP officer Ron Shortt in Powassan, Ontario.

I’m currently working as the producer on ‘Canada’s Dark Secret’, an Al Jazeera English documentary on Canada’s residential school system.

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The Forgotten People of Quebec’s Lower North Shore

October 24, 2016 / John Zada
A landscape photo showing Quebec's Lower North Shore, in eastern Canada.
Photo: John Zada

I’ve published two features about Quebec’s remote and seldom visited Lower North Shore region on Canada’s East Coast.

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Kitlope Journey

March 22, 2016 / John Zada
A sailboat in the Kitlope region of the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada.
Photo: John Zada

I’ve written a new article about a journey into British Columbia’s remote Kitlope Valley, aboard a historic schooner, deep in the Great Bear Rainforest.

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Inside British Columbia’s Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt

November 25, 2015 / John Zada
A grizzly bear sow and cubs on the banks of a river on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Photo: John Zada

My Al Jazeera report on British Columbia’s grizzly bear hunt and opposition by Coastal First Nations and local residents to end the practice.

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Writing on the unconsidered aspects of travel, culture and psychology by an author and former CBC and Al Jazeera news journalist.

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Veils of Distortion: How the News Media Warps Our Minds
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch

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