British Columbia

03/11/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Dawson Creek’s proposed water pipeline would include an intake on the Peace River, across from the gas plant in Taylor, BC. Photo by The Tyee.

Nov. 2, 2025

As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.

The projected cost of a $100-million water pipeline stretching more than 50 kilometres from the Peace River to drought-stressed Dawson Creek is nearly five times greater than what the city received in property tax revenue last year.

31/10/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey is considering a proposal to cut the tax assessments for pipelines in BC, increasing costs for others who pay property tax. Photo via Coastal GasLink.

Oct. 31, 2025

After a Tyee report, the legislature grapples with a change that could cost homeowners.

B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said she shares the worry that other taxpayers could pay for a large cut in property taxes for pipeline companies.

25/10/25
Author: 
Mitch Anderson
Will LNG help Carney 'build Canada strong?' Indigenous opposition and an incoming market glut suggest trouble ahead for his signature projects. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Oct. 23, 2025

Some questions Prime Minister Mark Carney should ask before pushing ahead with natural gas projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights.

Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look.

24/10/25
Author: 
Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons
Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government to enable access to sensitive intelligence information, according to documents obtained through freedom of information legislation. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Vigneault photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang. François Poirier photo: The Canadian Press / Todd Korol

Oct. 23, 2025

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and The Narwhal.

A Canadian oil and gas firm successfully pressed Canada’s spy agency to start sharing government intelligence with the country’s wealthiest companies, something advocates say will protect critical infrastructure but that critics worry could infringe on civil rights. 

22/10/25
Author: 
Umair Irfan
The wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year were likely the costliest blazes on record. Photo by Getty Images/Vox

Oct. 22, 2025

This story was originally published by Vox and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

The modern age of burning has been ignited by human hands.

22/10/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Illustration by: Barry Saxifrage

Oct. 22, 2025

British Columbians might be surprised to learn they are among the world’s most aggressive extractors of climate-destabilizing fossil fuels, per capita — and major projects that are already being built aim to make the province’s contribution much worse. 

Seven charts help tell the story of how we got here.

21/10/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Corey Jocko, left, Shaylynn Sampson, centre, and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, right, leave the Smithers courthouse on Friday after learning that they will not receive jail time for blocking access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline four years ago. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Oct. 20, 2025

Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.

About 100 people packed into the Smithers courthouse on Friday to show support for three Indigenous land defenders being sentenced for attempting to halt work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2021 in defiance of a court-ordered injunction.

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