These massive B.C. coal mines are about to get a new owner. Why some are worried about Glencore’s record
If the sale goes through, the company will inherit a contamination problem decades in the...
Stories by Ainslie Cruickshank
A billion dollars for nature in B.C. as long-awaited agreement is signed
The long-awaited deal comes with $1 billion in both old and new funding to conserve...
Restoring the flow: Tsleil-Waututh’s race to save salmon habitat in drought stricken southwest B.C.
When tens of thousands of pink salmon became stranded in the Indian River during September’s...
‘Frustrating as hell’: advocates say old-growth still being cut years after B.C. promised protections
The province promised to implement more than a dozen recommendations made by an independent review....
B.C. has tools to protect at-risk species from logging. Why isn’t it using them?
B.C. hasn’t updated its legal list of at-risk species in 17 years — which is...
Ktunaxa Nation pushed for an international inquiry into coal mining pollution for more than a decade. Is B.C. now on board?
As Canada and the U.S. negotiate an approach to address ongoing pollution from the Elk...
Bad catch: the fish that’s threatened even if you release it
Scientists are concerned rules to protect bottom-dwelling rockfish aren’t always followed, leaving these long-living homebodies...
B.C. is weighing the merits of appointing a ‘chief ecologist,’ internal docs show
As species disappear and ecosystems collapse, the new role could help keep B.C. accountable on...
B.C. may see $1.2 billion in conservation funding through nature agreement
Internal government documents show unprecedented nature funding could be on the table in trilateral agreement...
