British Columbia

08/11/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Four RCMP vehicles belonging to the force’s Community-Industry Response Group were burned last week in an apparent arson in Smithers. Many have been quick to link the incident, which police say targeted emergency vehicles, with pipeline protests. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Nov. 8, 2022

An arson attack on RCMP vehicles in Smithers has renewed speculation and conspiracy theories.

When eight vehicles were set on fire in a Smithers hotel parking lot a few days before Halloween, it seemed everyone had a theory.

04/11/22
Author: 
Matt Simmons
The Coastal GasLink pipeline crosses more than 700 watercourses on its 670-kilometre-route. The crossing of Ts'elkay Kwe (Lamprey Creek) involves blasting to clear a path and excavating a trench directly through the water. Photo: Gidimt'en Checkpoint

Nov. 2, 2022

Questions and concerns about salmon, steelhead and the health of the river remain unaddressed as TC Energy continues construction of its gas pipeline

At first, she didn’t know what was going on and her demands for answers just garnered the same response, she said: you’re in contempt of the injunction and subject to arrest. The standoff — in wet, cold conditions — went on for hours, according to Morris. At one point, she was walking towards her car when she said she felt something under her feet.

04/11/22
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
It's not clear what conservation measures are being proposed for the marine protected area network planned for Canada's West Coast, says Kate MacMillan of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s B.C. chapter. Photo courtesy CPAWS BC

". . . the lack of information on specific protection measures for the BC Northern Shelf MPA Network means the blueprint to preserve sensitive ocean ecosystems risks becoming a string of “paper parks” — legally designated areas that don’t actually have effective conservation or stewardship measures."

Nov. 4, 2022

04/11/22
Author: 
Alex Hemingway
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Nov. 2, 2022

Can BC afford to make major new public investments to address crises in housing, climate change, health care, child care and toxic drugs, among others?

The simple answer is yes, can we ever. 

01/11/22
Author: 
Vancouver Ecosocialist Group
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November 1, 2022
 
As current, former and never members of the NDP, the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group [VESG] congratulates you for your recent efforts to make the NDP a vehicle to struggle against the crisis of the earth system. Not only did you demonstrate that a movement is essential if we are to stop the madness of business and growth as usual, but you exposed dramatically how distant the NDP leadership is from acting with the speed and scale necessary today.
 
27/10/22
Author: 
Dirk Meissner
Hereditary Chief Frank Brown gives back a gift to Vancouver Police Chief Const. Adam Palmer at an "uplifting ceremony" for Maxwell Johnson and his family at the Big House in Bella Bella, B.C., on Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Oct. 26, 2022

Tension reached a high point during a trauma-healing ceremony when a hereditary chief walked across a sand-covered floor and returned the gift he had received from Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer.

27/10/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
The Anzac River used to run clear, according to an environmental group. But this 2020 photo shows sedimentation following logging in the area. The group fears work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline could make things worse. Photo from Conservation North.

Oct. 27, 2022

Confusion Swirls Around CGL’s Environmental Risks

BC ordered Coastal GasLink to ‘cease’ variations from approved work plans. The company insists it hasn’t broken any rules.

Coastal GasLink maintains it’s not in violation of a compliance agreement it signed with the province aimed at reducing watershed damage along its pipeline route.

But the B.C. government ordered it to “cease” activities that violate the agreement on Oct. 14.

26/10/22
Author: 
The Energy Mix
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Oct. 23, 2022

B.C. Maintains New LNG Project Will Cut Global Emissions

The Cedar LNG project in British Columbia received some positive regulatory feedback for its plan to produce and export liquified natural gas to Asia, but campaigners and analysts maintain it will undermine Canada’s climate ambitions.

26/10/22
Author: 
Donald Gutstein
Saskatchewan’s Boundary Dam 3 carbon capture and storage facility is one of three major CCS projects in Canada, and has consistently failed to meet its targets. Photo from SaskPower.

Oct. 26, 2022

Corporations, the province and allies like the Fraser Institute are pushing ahead with a flawed alternative to greener energy.

Big Oil and supportive governments have stalled action on climate change for so long that, as the clock ticks toward catastrophe, one of the last hopes is the expensive and unproven technology of carbon capture and storage, or CCS.

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