With her hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, her arms and legs covered with 20 tattoos, and her compact frame fitted out in athleisure, Crystal Smith, the elected chief of the Haisla people, looked more like the hometown basketball star she once was than the fossil fuel exporter she’s about to become.
Imperial Metals now wants to expand the Mount Polley mine and continue discharging effluent into a lake. Conservation advocates wonder if charges today will reduce future risks
Imperial Metals, the company that owns the Mount Polley mine in B.C.’s Interior, has been charged on 15 counts under the federal Fisheries Act.
BC Hydro has unveiled nine new wind projects to meet the growing demand for clean energy while keeping rates affordable for public and industrial users.
Adrian Dix, the new Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, announced the projects alongside Premier David Eby on Monday. Dix said the projects will enhance B.C.’s clean energy supply, strengthen the economy and uphold the province’s commitment to affordable rates and reconciliation with Indigenous communities.
The fate of a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia is in limbo after its environmental assessment certificate expired on Nov. 25.
The province must decide whether to greenlight the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline by either making its decade-old certificate permanent or sending the entire project back to the drawing board for a new environmental assessment.
UN expert slams Canada’s complicity in Gaza assault
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss Canada’s ‘crystal clear’ complicity in the Israeli destruction of Gaza and the ‘hope that remains in this darkness.’
Where once we dug deep for fossil fuels, today, we dig even deeper for critical minerals. They may be different resources, but their extraction will leave a similar scar on the land, particularly for Indigenous communities who are once again at the forefront of resource extraction’s environmental and cultural toll.
Recent news highlights growing resistance from Indigenous communities worldwide as the global push for energy transition minerals clashes with local rights and ecosystems.
Generating power but flooding land loved by locals
After 11 weeks, the Site C dam reservoir in northeastern B.C. is now fully filled.
B.C. Hydro announced the process was complete on Nov. 7, having started in August.
One electricity generating unit has already started feeding into B.C.'s power grid, and another five are set to come online between now and the fall of 2025, increasing the province's power production capacity by an estimated eight per cent.
