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‘Who would feel safe?’ Site C dam concerns build in downstream communities

Sarah Cox

Mar 4, 2021 12 min read

BC Hydro’s proposed fix for geotechnical problems at Site C will be the first of...

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Here’s why Alberta’s ban on mountaintop-removal mining won’t affect proposed coal mines in the Rockies

Sharon J. Riley

Feb 25, 2021 13 min read

When the government said it would put an ‘outright ban on mountaintop mining,’ many Albertans...

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A tale of two provinces: how coal mining plowed ahead in the B.C. Rockies while Alberta hit the brakes

Sharon J. Riley

Feb 20, 2021 12 min read

Mountaintop-removal coal mining is much more prevalent in B.C. than Alberta. To understand why, you...

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How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations

Julien Gignac

Feb 11, 2021 10 min read

Ottawa has ordered Yukon to reassess the impacts of a proposed mine on caribou and...

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How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining

Sharon J. Riley

Feb 10, 2021 10 min read

Country music stars, conservationists and tens of thousands of Albertans came together to roll back...

Michelle Connolly Conservation North Seeing Red old-growth forest map

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B.C.’s old-growth forest nearly eliminated, new provincewide mapping reveals

Sarah Cox

Feb 9, 2021 15 min read

As old-growth logging continues unabated in most unprotected areas of B.C., one conservation organization decided...

Oil and Gas Development. Near the Pine River. Farmington Area.

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Meet the frackers: B.C.’s top 10 fracking companies, their subsidies, profits and taxes, revealed

Sarah Cox

Feb 8, 2021 14 min read

They industrialize farmland. They pump out greenhouse gas emissions. They permanently contaminate water. They benefit...

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An Alberta county drafted big tourism plans. Then came the coal leases

Sharon J. Riley

Feb 6, 2021 12 min read

Clearwater County set its economic sights on attracting visitors to the eastern slopes of the...

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B.C.’s ‘dirty secret’: more than 100 contaminated mine sites threaten water, wildlife and communities

Matt Simmons

Feb 5, 2021 14 min read

New research finds lax provincial regulations allow companies to discharge toxic wastewater with metal concentrations...

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Yukon pushed to develop protections for irreplaceable wetlands threatened by mining

Julien Gignac

Feb 2, 2021 11 min read

Some of the territory’s permafrost bogs, fens and peatlands have developed over thousands of years...

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Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm

Sharon J. Riley

Feb 1, 2021 20 min read

Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is...

Placer mining along the Indian River, near Quartz Creek

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Independent panel contends Yukoners, First Nations aren’t benefiting enough from mining royalties

Julien Gignac

Jan 26, 2021 11 min read

While the underground minerals in Yukon are owned by the public, a review of the...

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‘Transparency is critical’: buried report raises questions about oilsands bird monitoring program

Sharon J. Riley

Jan 21, 2021 13 min read

A previously undisclosed expert analysis, obtained through a freedom of information request, details how Alberta’s...

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After the fire: the long road to recovery

Stephanie Wood

Jan 19, 2021 15 min read

A B.C. Indigenous group has been working to bring its territory back to life and...

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Crisis at the camps: B.C.’s COVID rules for industrial sites too little, too late, critics say

Matt Simmons

Jan 8, 2021 18 min read

After 250 cases, several complaints from workers and six open letters calling for projects to...

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Want to save B.C. salmon? Bring back Indigenous fishing systems, study says

Stephanie Wood

Jan 6, 2021 13 min read

Traditional technologies, harvesting practices and management systems could bring endangered populations back from the brink,...

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Fish out of water: How B.C.’s salmon farmers fell behind the curve of sustainable, land-based aquaculture

Sarah Cox

Dec 28, 2020 18 min read

Public and political pressure to remove open net pens from the province’s coastal waters has...

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Frankenfish or food of the future? The risks and rewards of Canada’s genetically engineered salmon

Sarah Cox

Dec 22, 2020 18 min read

Some Canadians with an appetite for salmon may have already consumed the world’s first genetically...

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‘Who would feel safe?’ Site C dam concerns build in downstream communities

Here’s why Alberta’s ban on mountaintop-removal mining won’t affect proposed coal mines in the Rockies

A tale of two provinces: how coal mining plowed ahead in the B.C. Rockies while Alberta hit the brakes

How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations

How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining

B.C.’s old-growth forest nearly eliminated, new provincewide mapping reveals

Meet the frackers: B.C.’s top 10 fracking companies, their subsidies, profits and taxes, revealed

An Alberta county drafted big tourism plans. Then came the coal leases

B.C.’s ‘dirty secret’: more than 100 contaminated mine sites threaten water, wildlife and communities

Yukon pushed to develop protections for irreplaceable wetlands threatened by mining

Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm

Independent panel contends Yukoners, First Nations aren’t benefiting enough from mining royalties

‘Transparency is critical’: buried report raises questions about oilsands bird monitoring program

After the fire: the long road to recovery

Crisis at the camps: B.C.’s COVID rules for industrial sites too little, too late, critics say

Want to save B.C. salmon? Bring back Indigenous fishing systems, study says

Fish out of water: How B.C.’s salmon farmers fell behind the curve of sustainable, land-based aquaculture

Frankenfish or food of the future? The risks and rewards of Canada’s genetically engineered salmon