The privately owned Link Island, a biodiversity jewel in the Salish Sea, has been gifted to protect and shelter some of B.C.'s rarest species and ecosystems.

Fish harvesters are "deeply disappointed" after DFO released the details of its commercial licence buyback plan to protect plummeting Pacific salmon stocks Wednesday.

“I can’t think of anything more hopeful than getting involved in rewilding and restoration projects," says teacher Sheldon Etheridge on Quadra Island's school wetland project, which will be an outdoor classroom and mitigate climate change in the community.