Brenna Owen
Reporter | Vancouver
About Brenna Owen
Brenna Owen is a community-driven multimedia journalist and a guest on Coast Salish territory, where she’s completing a Master of Journalism at UBC. She’s also a member of the National Student Investigative Reporting Network. Brenna has travelled to three United Nations climate conferences as a civil society delegate and got her start in journalism at CFRC, the community radio station in Kingston, Ontario.
B.C. premier warns forests are 'exhausted', hints of change to come for forestry industry
British Columbia's forest sector has "never been under greater stress," Premier David Eby says.
Climate change takes its toll on Christmas tree farms
The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that's already undergoing shifts will need to adapt.
Old-growth funding lag for B.C. First Nations means giants still being logged
British Columbia has asked First Nations if they want old-growth forests set aside from logging, allowing time for long-term planning of conservation and sustainable development, but it has yet to fund the process on a large scale, advocates say.
Logging patterns show targeting of B.C. old growth
The worsening effects of climate change are compounding the historical loss of British Columbia’s old-growth forests, says the co-author of a new paper that shows decades of logging on the province’s central coast targeted the highest-value forests first.
B.C. couple files lawsuit over deadly dam accident
A woman whose husband saw a "wall of water rushing toward them" as the pair fled a massive torrent released from a North Vancouver dam in 2020 is suing Metro Vancouver's regional district for negligence.
Harassment of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland condemned by politicians
Current and former politicians from across the Canadian political spectrum have condemned an incident in Alberta during which a man appeared to verbally accost Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday, August 26, 2022.
As Vancouver dismantles downtown tent city, residents say they have nowhere to go
A resident of a street encampment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside watched on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, as workers began removing some people's belongings after the city handed out notices advising that tents and other structures will be dismantled.
Trudeau says premiers must deliver 'tangible results' with health spending
The federal government wants to make sure billions of dollars transferred to the provinces and territories for health care will "deliver real, tangible results for Canadians" with shorter wait times and better services, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.
Horgan urges feds to shoulder half the health-care load as premiers meet
Canada's provinces and territories need a partner that will share half the financial load on the health-care system, which is buckling without stable, predictable and long-term funding, British Columbia Premier John Horgan said on Monday, July 11, 2022.
Sixties Scoop class-action lawsuit approved for off-reserve Indigenous children
A Cree woman who was taken from her mother and placed in care as a child says the cycle of assimilation that began with residential schools continues with the overrepresentation of Indigenous kids in the child welfare system.