「Like many British Columbians, Painters Lodge holds a distinctive place in my travel mind. I think their position is, or was, "luxury fishing". That is a somewhat unique market position that was created over decades and is still celebrated inside the hotel with the pictures of Hollywood A-listers from the 40's and 50's holding up giant Chinook salmon on the dock. But it appears that ownership now believes that "luxury fishing" is too narrow a position (and perhaps the fishing isn't as good as...