4+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1611+ words) In late autumn of 1988, Richard Hebda, then head of botany at the Royal B.C. Museum, stepped into the living room of a Courtenay man named Mike Trask, following up on a report of an interesting fossil find on the Puntledge River....

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (583+ words) Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (806+ words) Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed…...