Farming for the climate future
Regenerative farming methods in use on the small, B.C. island farm for decades to build soil, capture nutrients, and promote biodiversity are reaping rewards as the climate crisis advances.
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What is UNDRIP and what will it mean for Canada?
The federal government has enshrined many of the rights of UNDRIP into law. But it still has to figure out how to implement the new legislation.
Cut off by wildfire, B.C. communities must wait another week for vital route to reopen
Rocks the size of coffee mugs continue to drop hundreds of feet down steep bluffs onto Highway 4, an important transportation route closed by wildfire activity on Vancouver Island a week ago.
Divers run into deepwater shark in shallow Vancouver Island waters
Connor McTavish and three companions had just planned to explore the site of a shipwreck in Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island last month when he spotted something in the corner of his eye.
In the Kootenays, climate conspiracy ‘angst’ stalls climate action
The struggle to fight disinformation and "climate authoritarian" conspiracies is impacting how well local governments can tackle the climate crisis.
Forget herbicides. Sandblasting will whack those weeds
The weed war, which puts more than $528 million in crop losses on the line each year in Canada alone, has for the past 50 years been fought with an arsenal of toxic herbicides that harm human health and contribute to the biodiversity and climate crises.
Fire is the only thing that can stop Canadian fossil fuels
As I write, places in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan hold 17 of the top 50 spots on the list of world cities with the worst air pollution.
Student Kasey Chen schools others on all things green
This 17-year-old Grade 12 student, is a recipient of a 2022 Youth Climate Activism Award for her work raising awareness about the importance of recycling at her high school, reclaiming habitat from invasive species and encouraging native plant gardening.
MOVIES with a black composer in old France, Little Richard in early rock and roll and a crime thriller's pros and cons
Also looking ahead to Canada's premier festival of documentary films
Biologist’s ‘no-regret strategies’ seek to protect the planet with seaweed
For the past several months, Carlos Drews has been trying to figure out how to transform barren bits of B.C. seafloor into vibrant forests of kelp that sequester carbon and bolster biodiversity.
With razor-sharp wit, Hazel Thayer takes her climate fight online
In early 2022, 26-year-old Hazel Thayer started posting punchy, colourful videos about climate change. She found it was a quick, easy way to spread the word about the need for action.
What’s the cost of a nest?
In our current regulatory scheme, the monetary value of one Anna’s hummingbird nest — $88,000 or $4,000 — is inconsequential and of zero deterrent value to Trans Mountain's proponents, writes Sara Ross.
‘I’ve only got one set of hands’: Last remaining ER doctor in B.C. town wants to hire physician assistant out of his own pocket
The last remaining ER doctor in Port Hardy come July wants B.C. to allow the use of physician assistants, employed in other provinces in Canada, to deal with the hemorrhage of doctors and nurses in the North Island region.
Andrea Careless is helping cool the planet — one neighbourhood at a time
This Oak Bay-based musician, mother and grandmother is spending her retirement from the public service working with her neighbours to reduce their carbon footprints and adapt to climate impacts.
The future of rare cold-water coral garden on B.C. coast is still on the line
A First Nation and conservationists striving to protect the trove of large orange coral fans are cautiously optimistic that Fisheries and Oceans Canada will put an interim fishing moratorium in place to protect the fragile ecosystem.