B.C.

The Connected Coast’s fibre-optic spine to bring rapid internet to coastal communities will snake more than 3,400 kilometres along the coast south from Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii and around Vancouver Island —– becoming one of the longest coastal subsea networks in the world.

Community groups are pulling increasing amounts of plastic debris from the B.C. shellfish industry off their shores while Fisheries and Oceans Canada does little to enforce rules that deal with the problem, say coastal stewards.

As research lead and project manager at the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project, Rosie Simms helps decision-makers centre water in planning and building healthy communities.

Columnist Seth Klein believes he has had a sneak peek at the B.C. government's Feb. 8 throne speech. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.

It’s unjust and impractical to expect First Nations in B.C. that rely on revenue from forestry to agree to old-growth logging deferrals without conservation financing, says the chair of the new Nature-Based Solutions Foundation.

Jerry cans of gas in an overflowing pool of water. Oil barrels lying on the ground. A dumpster filled to the brim, its lid propped open and bags of garbage left out in bear country. Murky water flowing into wetlands, lakes, streams and rivers. These are scenes from the route of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

A contingent of 30 "elders for old-growth" travelled down pitch black logging roads Thursday to stall road-building and the clear-cutting of forest giants near the Fairy Creek blockades.

Weather has always been unpredictable but with climate change, more communities will be subjected to extreme disasters more often. What was once-in-a-lifetime may happen once a decade, writes columnist Gerald Kutney.

The terrain is shifting on the climate emergency, writes Seth Klein.

Merritt issued an evacuation order for its population of about 7,000, saying residents could not use water from faucets or flush toilets.

The group, which has been building tiny houses in Blue River, B.C., since 2017 in an attempt to block the pipeline, was presented with the Carole Geller Human Rights Award on Tuesday.

According to Statistics Canada, approximately 19,488 more Canadians died between March 2020 and July 2021 beyond the toll taken by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Suzanne Simard says she's overwhelmed by the newfound celebrity status but wants to continue her focus on saving the forests.

Fairy Creek tells us clearly which definition of “sustainable forestry” is actually in use in B.C., writes Devon Page.