Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk travels to British Columbia where she explores the culinary scene on Surrey’s Spice Trail. Brandy makes butter chicken poutine at the Dominion Bar + Kitchen and learns about South Indian cuisine at the Kerala Kitchen.

Then Brandy goes on a “Talking Trees Tour” in Vancouver’s famous Stanley Park with her Indigenous guide Candace Campo from Talaysay Tours. She learns about the broad uses and cultural significance of the cedar tree and the western hemlock tree for the west coast indigenous peoples. They also visit the hundred-year-old collection of totem poles at Brockton Point which is a celebration of cultural survival.