Canada's oceans on the crest of a transformative decade
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is taking on a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to improve lay a new foundation for sustainable oceans as part of the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science.
Forestry crew at loggerheads with Fairy Creek activists
Videos have emerged of forestry workers hurling racist comments, threats and foul language at activists supporting the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades on Vancouver Island.
Toxic illicit drugs deadly for men in trades
Overwhelmingly, men are the victims of fatal overdoses due to the toxic illicit drug supply in B.C. – many of whom have money in their pockets and a roof over their heads.
Island community COVID-19 shots spark cautious optimism
On Monday, Quadra Island experienced the greatest community gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic started as residents took part in a “whole-community” vaccination program.
B.C.’s toxic drug crisis: 498 died in first three months of 2021
Leslie McBain, co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH), a group comprised of families that have lost loved ones to toxic street drugs, said the unrelenting, yet preventable toxic drug deaths, are wearying.
B.C.’s status quo budget imperils climate change targets, critics say
Reaction to the B.C. budget from clean energy think tanks and environmental groups in the province has ranged from, at best, tepid to, at worst, scathing.
Tourism operators frustrated by B.C.’s lag on travel restrictions
“They’re nuts, and they have to get their act together,” says resort manager Bill Dougan, adding not only are B.C.'s new COVID-19 travel restrictions too late, but now they also threaten to sink a second summer season.
Saving wild salmon lands $647M in federal budget
Budget 2021's significant investment in the protection of Pacific salmon and the development of a federal strategy are desperately needed, say conservation groups.
Private bill wants feds to tackle food waste, climate change
Canada wastes a shocking amount of edible food, with significant costs to the environment as well as consumers’ bank accounts.
B.C. dire overdose anniversary marks 7,000 dead in five years
Bound by love and loss, mothers of the dead gathered outside the legislature in Victoria on Wednesday to demand government decriminalize the personal possession of drugs and provide people who use drugs better access to a safe supply.
Pacheedaht Nation wants Fairy Creek old-growth blockade to leave territory
The Pacheedaht leadership does not welcome old-growth activists within its territory on south Vancouver Island, and it is the nation's right to determine how forestry resources will be used, read a statement from elected and hereditary chiefs on Monday.
B.C. premier warns forestry sector, but no mention of old-growth
Meanwhile, increasing numbers of people, frustrated by the rate at which the province is protecting old-growth, are heading to the Fairy Creek blockades near Port Renfrew in the B.C. premier’s Vancouver Island riding.
‘They were not there’: First Nations feel betrayed after fish farm court decision
Homalco Chief Darren Blaney says wild salmon and First Nations will suffer after fish farm companies won a court challenge against a ban on restocking their sites in the Discovery Islands.
Salmon farms win court victory — but the battle’s not over yet
A Federal Court judge has ruled in favour of Mowi Canada West and Saltstream, which challenged Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan’s policy decision to ban the restocking of pen sites in the Discovery Islands ahead of the June 2022 fish farm phaseout.
Teal-Jones wins court ban on Fairy Creek old-growth blockades
Fairy Creek activists say Thursday's court decision to remove blockaders protecting old-growth trees from logging in cut blocks on southern Vancouver Island will only act as a “flashpoint” for growing public support.