British Columbia

On March 1st, eight water and land protectors (now known in the press as the Secwépemc 8) appeared either in Kamloops Supreme Court or by phone.

The next hearing is scheduled for March 15th at 2 PM in Kamloops Supreme Court (or by phone for the arrestees who reside in the Lower Mainland). The dial-in number and passcode will be shared, once they are available, and anyone from the public is welcome to join the call as an observer, but is not permitted to speak.

The accused are - 

Water and land protectors arrested on Oct. 15th

Mar. 8, 2021

There have been many visitors recently to land along the Brunette River in Burnaby where Trans Mountain is cutting down trees.

But not all of them are on land.

As the area has been the site of several recent protests, a group of river otters were also spotted hanging out near where the trees are being cut down by chainsaws.

You can watch the video below. Protesters have worried about the impact on the Brunette from Trans Mountain's work.

Mar. 8, 2021

Every day, vast amounts of heat generated from industry, data centres and hockey rinks is just wasted.

When the source of waste heat is close enough, it can be tapped and piped into a building or a district energy system.

Clearly, it’s not feasible to run pipes from a cement plant in East Richmond, an oil refinery in Burnaby or a big data centre in Kelowna all the way to a district energy system in Vancouver or Surrey.

But what if it could be stored and transported by truck?

Mar 5, 2021

New provincial funding announced

New Democrat MLAs Aman Singh and Jennifer Whiteside are welcoming the announcement of $22,000 in funding to support the planning and development of an emergency evacuation route for the city.

Vancouver 

March 7, 2021

Mar 4, 2021 

A 2020 report found multiple violations of COVID-19 protocols

Wish I could say this make me feel better. The odor of collusion might just be the lingering smell of a captured regulator. Or it might be the smell of a rat. - Gene McGuckin

Mar. 6, 2021

MARCH 4, 2021

A commentary by a former president and CEO of B.C. Hydro.

March 4th 2021