Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s scientific advice undermined by industry and political influence: researchers
In a new paper, researchers from UBC, Dalhousie call for an independent advisory body to...
‘It doesn’t go away’: another violent fishing season in Atlantic Canada
East coast fishers have weathered arson, gunshots, and harassment. Conflict and turmoil will likely continue...
One fish, two fish, red fish, dead fish? Feds fail to disclose Coastal GasLink data on salmon eggs, habitat
Pipeline contractors estimated there were at least 273,000 salmon eggs in a Wet’suwet’en river crossing....
‘We should avoid monitoring’: feds quietly backed off while Coastal GasLink pipeline work killed fish
For months, Fisheries and Oceans Canada wouldn’t say anything about its role in monitoring the...
‘A century in the making’: Canada adds federal protection to Indigenous-declared marine refuge
When the Mamalilikulla First Nation unilaterally declared an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in their...
Canada is set to make a massive protected area official — and it’s underwater
The Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is marine protected area will be 133,000 square kilometres, covering underwater mountain ranges and...
A Canadian mining giant has long been fighting U.S. pollution rules. Now Montana is on its side
Montana’s about-face on pollution standards includes letting B.C.'s Teck Resources pen a petition to the...
BC Hydro, Site C dam contractor charged after acid rock drainage flows into Peace River
Four million litres of potentially contaminated water was discharged into the fish-bearing river. The incident...
Documents raise concerns feds backing off commitment to phase out fish farms in B.C. by 2025
Critics say they fear an ongoing public consultation about open-net pen fish farms has a...
