The government agency at the centre of B.C.’s old-growth logging showdown
BC Timber Sales has become a lightning rod for controversy, with many expressing dismay over...
Fires and flooding: how B.C.’s forest policies collide with climate change
British Columbians have a complicated relationship with forests. Growing up, my favourite stand of old-growth...
B.C. allows logging, mining companies to cut down thousands of endangered trees
Ottawa designated whitebark pine trees as an endangered species seven years ago, but British Columbia...
Muddied waters: how clearcut logging is driving a water crisis in B.C.’s interior
Community watersheds across the province were once off-limits to logging, but in recent decades that’s...
Old-growth logging leaves black bears without dens: biologist
B.C. protects beaver lodges and occupied migratory bird nests, but there are no regulations protecting...
Saving our caribou forces us to face tough questions
We all benefit from healthy ecosystems and biological diversity. It should not be up to...
Fine for death of three Western Forest Products’ workers criticized as inadequate
WorkSafeBC fined the company $29,000 for a ‘high-risk violation’ — about $10,000 per life —...
Feds asked to step in to save endangered spotted owls from Canadian extinction
As a UN report finds nature declining globally at unprecedented rates, Canadian groups call for...
Canada’s forests haven’t absorbed more carbon than they’ve released since 2001
Up until the last two decades, our forests had the power to sequester in excess...
