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An aerial view of the Woodfibre LNG site looking out over the green-blue water and mountains of Howe Sound

Squamish environmental group challenges Woodfibre LNG, FortisBC wastewater permits

By Ainslie Cruickshank

May 29, 2024 10 min. read

The BC Energy Regulator has issued a permit for Woodfibre LNG to release more than...

Ken Wu, executive director of the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance, stands in old-growth forest in B.C.

Did B.C. keep its old-growth forest promises?

By Shannon Waters

May 28, 2024 15 min. read

With an election approaching this fall, the BC NDP government has released a surprise update...

Marine terminal being built with mountains in the background

100 bowling balls of oil and grease

By Ainslie Cruickshank

May 24, 2024

Biodiversity reporter Ainslie Cruickshank dove deep into the state of pollution in Burrard Inlet, home...

A photo of Burrard Inlet with boats traveling through the inlet, a ship is seen at Vancouver Wharves, with cities and mountains in the distance

5 things to know about water pollution at Canada’s busiest port

By Ainslie Cruickshank

May 22, 2024 6 min. read

700 contaminants, 629 kilograms of oil and grease a day, 1 leaked video

A photo of Neptune Terminals coal loading facility, with piles of coal and trains in teh foreground, and Burrard Inlet and Vancouver visible in the background

A portrait of pollution around Canada’s busiest port

By Ainslie Cruickshank

May 21, 2024 19 min. read

Tsleil-Waututh Nation is intent on rewriting provincial policy to protect Burrard Inlet from industrial waste....

an illustration of BC Conservative leader John Rustad

BC Conservative Leader says his party would kill ‘nonsense’ plans for new protected areas

By Shannon Waters

May 17, 2024 8 min. read

As the BC Conservatives surge in the polls, party leader John Rustad — kicked out...

Aerial photo over an estuary landscape with wet sand, rocks and patches of vegetation. The sky is bright with clouds.

For years, Manitoba stalled on protecting nature. Here’s what you need to know as it vows to change course

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

April 26, 2024 7 min. read

Progress on conservation faltered under Manitoba’s previous government. Will the NDP make good on its...

An aerial view of Kitasoo Xai'xais territory on the central coast of B.C., with vibrant green sea water, vibrant due to herring spawn. A small island and tree-lined coast are lightly dusted with snow, extending into the distance. Thin, low clouds hang over the trees and the sky is bright blue between the clouds.

It’s the world’s first Indigenous-led ‘blue park.’ And Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation pulled it off without waiting on Canada

By Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

April 25, 2024 6 min. read

Awarded for protecting sea life, Gitdisdzu Lugyeks Marine Protected Area is also the first ever...

Orca orphan blowing water out of its spout swimming with shoreline in the distance

Earth Day first aimed to save species. To do that, we need to think about more than one

April 22, 2024 5 min. read

Stories of charismatic critters capture our attention, but often only after it’s too late to...

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