B.C. government ‘lagging way behind’ on coal mine pollution research
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6 min. readIn neighbouring Alberta, government scientists are producing peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of coal mining....
Who’s responsible for train-wildlife deaths? B.C. and Ottawa give different answers
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An investigation by The Narwhal showed railways aren’t consistently meeting requirements to report wildlife strikes....
A dangerous road for B.C. wildlife is getting safer — fence by fence, passage by passage
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Every year, thousands of animals are killed on roads and highways. Through carefully designed fences...
Collision course: Animals killed on Canada’s railways
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Trains regularly hit wildlife but poor reporting obscures the true toll — and a government...
Water pollution flows across borders, 100% tariff-free
From coal mining runoff in British Columbia to bacterial blooms in the Great Lakes, there...
‘Still knocking down an entire mountain’: new Elk Valley coal mine plan faces pushback
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Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it and conservationists say revised proposal for a new southeast B.C. mountain-top mine is...
One of Canada’s biggest copper mines plans to expand. B.C. says it won’t need an environmental assessment
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Xatśūll First Nation asked B.C. to order an environmental assessment of the Gibraltar mine’s expansion...
‘A blow’: First Nation Chief says she’s lost trust in Rockies conservation talks with B.C., feds
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Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it Nasuʔkin (Chief) Heidi Gravelle says she’s lost confidence in discussions over the future...
B.C. asked feds to use coal-rich land for conservation: internal docs
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The land, in Ktunaxa Nation territory, includes the headwaters of the Flathead River and coal...
