Sarah Cox
@sarahkcox.bsky.social 
Personal site Sarah Cox is a reporter, editor and author based in Victoria, B.C., on the traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples and formerly a reporter and editor at The Narwhal, where she started in 2016. Her investigations and feature writing have been recognized with awards from the Science Media Centre of Canada, Canadian Association of Journalists, Canadian Journalism Foundation, Digital Publishing Awards and World Press Freedom Prize, among others. She’s the author of two non-fiction books about environmental issues, Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction and Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro. When she’s not at her desk, you can find Sarah exploring the mountains and ocean.
Stories by Sarah Cox
Kinder Morgan’s Canadian Executives Earn Millions As Governments Discuss Bailout
6 min. readIan Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd., must be laughing all the way to...
‘Slow-Motion Disaster’: As Canada’s New Hydro Dams Spiral Out of Control, Who’s Overseeing Site C?
Peace River Valley farmers Ken and Arlene Boon were at a lookout on a neighbour’s...
How a First Nation Bargained to Build B.C.’s Largest Solar Farm
The language and culture of the Upper Nicola Band honour the natural laws of the...
Indigenous Rights Canada’s Biggest Human Rights Challenge: Secretary General of Amnesty
Both Canada and British Columbia have vowed to implement the United Nations Declaration on the...
Conflict of Interest? Troubling Questions Raised About New BC Hydro Board Appointees
BC Hydro is the utility that keeps the lights on in B.C. and generally it...
Auditor General Nudges B.C. to Amend Act that Exempted Site C Dam from Independent Review
Remember B.C.’s Clean Energy Act, championed by former Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell to position B.C....
What You Need to Know About BC Hydro’s Financial ‘Mess’ and the Site C Dam
B.C. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall said Thursday that “there’s a mess” at BC Hydro. Mungall...
‘It’s An Act of Intimidation’: First Nations Call Out BC Hydro on Threat to Recover Costs of Site C Dam Logging Pause
First Nations are challenging BC Hydro’s claim of a “substantial increased cost” to the $10.7...
Site C: The Elephant in B.C.’s Budget
Conspicuously absent from the B.C. government’s 19-page budget speech on Tuesday was any mention of...
