Seattle is about to get its first nonstop flights to northern British Columbia -- another step toward integrating Cascadia.
Alaska Airlines will fly to Prince George, a city 500 miles north of Vancouver at the heart of B.C. timber and mining industry. Unless you like looong drives, the only way to get there now is on the three daily Air Canada flights from YVR.
The convenience almost makes me pine for the days when I was a reporter covering Weyerhaueser and the cross-border timber industry.
More importantly, it suggests that there's demand for this sort of regional travel. The news slipped by while I was dizzy about new nonstops to China, Germany, Mexico and France.