The DFO proposes to expand the fishery. Environmental groups and the W̱SÁNEĆ fear disaster.
A small, oily fish at the heart of B.C.’s coastal food web will likely disappear without an immediate moratorium on commercial herring fishing, say Saanich First Nations Hereditary Chiefs and conservation groups.
Website Editor: An important read here! “To just say we are going to go back to what we’ve always done, which is, dig, drill, chop, is such a missed opportunity, [and dangerous in a time of climate crisis!]” McDowell said.
“What they’re not hearing or listening to is members of the public saying, ‘You need to build right. You need to build for the future.’”
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.
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.
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.
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.
