B.C.

Natural Resources Canada researcher Gwyn Lintern recently spent six days aboard the Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfrid Laurier as part of the first federal marine investigation of the inlet following the slide on Nov. 28.

The Farmers Information Service says it will help educate farmers about the industry and their rights, help them prepare for meetings with companies, and give referrals to other services.

She specializes in illegal fisheries, equity and food security. In B.C., her research focuses on coastal, remote and Indigenous communities' access to fish.

Two restaurant groups in downtown Vancouver reportedly lost a quarter of a million dollars on New Year's Eve between them.

More than 3,500 hectares of agricultural land in B.C. would be flooded if the hydroelectric project goes through, the group warns.

The more than 9,000 temporary foreign workers in B.C. are essential to the function of the agriculture industry — almost 6,000 plant crops and do other farm work, usually for minimum wage.

BC Parks has acquired a 20-hectare, privately owned island in Okisollo Channel for $1.5 million that will expand the Octopus Island Marine Park on Quadra Island.

A recent graduate of UBC, Amy Norgaard has a master’s in soil science with a specialization in organic vegetable production and worked with roughly 20 organic farms in B.C. to help them meet and balance their environmental and production goals. 

Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia waters. 

“I think that British Columbia could go down in medical history as being a reservoir for having fungi in the old-growth forests that could prevent pandemics — now and in the future,” says mycologist Paul Stamets.

The once common treasures of the tidal pool are at risk of being eradicated along the Pacific coastline from a deadly combination of disease and warming oceans due to climate change, says biologist Alyssa Gehman.

The federal government is tightening the rules for non-essential American travellers passing through Canada en route to Alaska, in order to reduce the time spent in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In June, 175 people died from illicit drug overdoses across the province, up from the previous record high of 171 fatalities set in May, the BC Coroners Service reported Thursday.

Fatal drug overdoses are on the rise, with more than three people dying every day as the province deals with COVID-19, data from the BC Coroners Service indicates.