Going out of bounds in B.C.’s forests
A few mentions of unauthorized logging in a provincial database caught B.C. biodiversity reporter Ainslie...
Remembering Bob the elk: what the life and death of a B.C. town’s beloved neighbour can teach us
When a Vancouver Island elk was hit by a car, the story unravelled before local...
Mines, logging, sprawl — but no wind turbines. Here’s what Alberta is still doing in ‘pristine viewscapes’
The Alberta government has moved to ban new wind developments in large swaths of the...
After community pushback, forestry company pauses clearcut of beloved Rocky Mountain valley
West Fraser Timber, which now holds the lease for the area, is sitting down with...
B.C. counted poorly protected old-growth forests toward conservation targets, researchers say
The province counted most old-growth management areas towards its 30-by-30 conservation targets. A new report...
In a B.C. courtroom, the testimony of a Haida leader spans the past and future of reconciliation
The ongoing Teal-Jones lawsuit puts a price tag on reconciliation, and asks who should foot...
We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees
When conservationist Eddie Petryshen learned BC Timber Sales was auctioning off cutblocks in a globally...
An illusion of protection in the Rockies
In this week’s newsletter, we chat with Prairies reporter Drew Anderson about two stories from...
Tourists’ cars line these Rocky Mountain roads. Soon logging trucks will haul the trees away
It was supposed to be a place where competing interests could coexist. Now pressures on...
