Pacheedaht First Nation tells B.C. to defer old-growth logging in Fairy Creek
The Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations are requesting a two-year pause on old-growth logging...
Between the threat of wildfire and logging, a community grapples with the future of B.C.’s Purcell forest
The struggle over whether to protect or log an untouched mountainside between Argenta and Johnsons...
Five ways B.C.’s new forestry plan sets the stage for more old-growth conflict
In the midst of escalating protests over logging, Horgan released an intentions paper on Tuesday...
‘Enough is enough’: Canadian news organizations file legal action for press freedom at Fairy Creek
The Canadian Association of Journalists, along with a coalition of news organizations including The Narwhal,...
Northeast B.C. at increased risk of powerful earthquakes from thousands of fracked gas wells, new research warns
In a newly published study, a former hydrologist with the provincial oil and gas regulator...
‘We’re going to have Fairy Creeks happen all the time’: Q&A with Garry Merkel from B.C.’s old-growth review panel
Last fall, during the B.C. election campaign, NDP leader John Horgan promised to implement the...
B.C. failing to meet international targets for protecting biodiversity, critical habitat: report
A decade after Aichi biodiversity targets were set by Canada and other nations, a new...
From forest to furnace: how the U.K.’s wood-pellet plants are driving logging in B.C.
Environmentalists are concerned the recent move by a U.K. power plant to buy Pinnacle Renewable...
‘We don’t have time’: scientists urge B.C. to immediately defer logging in key old-growth forests amid arrests
One year after an independent panel recommended the province immediately halt logging in B.C’s rarest...
