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Great Bear Rainforest
Will the humpback whales still sing?
Jorge Amigo shares his family story of seeing humpbacks in Puerto Vallarta, and connects it to the impacts of industrial projects on the same whales in their Great Bear Rainforest sanctuary.
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Investigation highlights two days of confusion after diesel spill in B.C. Great Bear Rainforest
At the time, diesel was spilling from a tug boat that hit a rock and later sank after missing a key navigational turn.
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'Unacceptable' that some fuel from spill can't be cleaned: First Nation chief
"Would you put that sheen on your vegetable garden?" asked Bob Chamberlin, the nation’s elected chief councillor. "They have no technology whatsoever to recover that sheen."
Don't despair, you can save the world within your reach
We must stand in solidarity with the people in the U.S. defending civil rights, minorities and the environment, writes Jens Wieting of Sierra Club BC.
Frustration after wildfire near community on B.C. coast: First Nations chief
Power has been restored to a village near B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest, but the community’s chief says frustration lingers because members of the First Nation had to fight the blaze on their own.
We did our climate homework
Marc Garneau was on the defensive in Vancouver after Prime Minister Trudeau approved the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion and Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline on Tuesday.
Efforts begin to reposition, raise sunken tug near Bella Bella, B.C.
Work is underway to reposition a submerged tug before lifting it from waters off British Columbia’s central coast.
Trudeau announces "historic" $1.5-billion protection plan for Canada's coasts
It's the most significant investment ever made in protecting Canada's oceans, said Prime Minister Trudeau in Vancouver on Monday.
Government says sunken tug on west coast now free of oil
The next step in clean up of a diesel spill in the Seaforth Channel, said Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc, is hopefully to remove the tug from the water.
Transportation Safety Board launches investigation into west coast diesel spill
Trapped oil has been discovered in at least three coves of the Seaforth Channel, where a 10-tonne tug and barge unit owned by Texas-based Kirby Corp. ran aground on Oct. 13.
First responder evacuated from sinking vessel in Great Bear Rainforest diesel spill
The incident report says a "safety incident" took place. Chief Marilyn Slett says a man hopped into a boat without adequate safety gear.
Big storm slowing down clean up of "sickening" spill on west coast
Small vessels have been ordered to "stand down" in their clean up efforts, while members of the Heiltsuk First Nation are in tears.