Canada, U.S. launch international inquiry into southeast B.C. mine pollution
Ktunaxa Nation has been calling for an International Joint Commission’s inquiry to address pollution from...
Stories by Ainslie Cruickshank
Highway havoc: the perilous dance between bison and vehicles on a northern B.C. road
Thousands of animals are struck and injured, or killed, by vehicles in the province. One...
B.C. counted poorly protected old-growth forests toward conservation targets, researchers say
The province counted most old-growth management areas towards its 30-by-30 conservation targets. A new report...
When epic ski trips and caribou conservation collide
Biologists are calling on the heli-skiing industry to share detailed information about their operations to...
Coal contamination spurs search for new backup drinking water source in Rocky Mountain city
Monitoring shows above-guideline selenium concentrations in secondary drinking water wells in Fernie, B.C., downstream of...
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...
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....
