Land and water in B.C. have a new ministry. We spoke with its leader
Josie Osborne is now B.C.’s Minister of land, water and resource stewardship and the minister...
Sea lice are becoming more resistant to pesticides — that’s a problem for B.C.’s beleaguered salmon farms
Open-net fish pens are the perfect breeding grounds for the parasites, which feast on the...
Nuchatlaht take fight for heavily logged territory to B.C. Supreme Court. Here’s what you need to know
Extensive industrial clearcutting destroyed salmon streams on an island the B.C. government says the Nuchatlaht...
Scientists make final bid to stop Port of Vancouver’s terminal expansion: ‘they can’t mitigate the consequences’
The port promises it can mitigate the impacts of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion...
Two decades and $30 million later, a B.C. mine proposal is officially dead
Pacific Booker Minerals is being told for the second time its proposed Morrison mine is...
New salmon farm proposals for B.C. coast raise questions about Ottawa’s promised 2025 phase-out
Twelve proposals to expand or create new open-net pen operations — many pitched in partnership...
‘The salmon will come back again’: First Nations document devastating low returns on B.C.’s central coast
Fifty years ago, an average of 47,000 salmon returned annually to the Neekas River north...
Will reviving B.C.’s declining salmon stocks require a rethink of hatcheries?
After 150 years of experimenting, it’s becoming clear that pumping more baby fish into the...
What the reality of drought looks like in B.C.
The Narwhal’s When in Drought series highlights how watersheds across the province are threatened by...
