B.C. failing to protect drinking water: auditor general
Climate change and industrial activities pose increased risks to B.C.’s water, but the provincial government...
B.C. introduces legislation to protect free speech from intimidation lawsuits
Lawsuits designed to financially cripple small organizations or intimidate citizens into silence will no longer...
Site C: The Elephant in B.C.’s Budget
Conspicuously absent from the B.C. government’s 19-page budget speech on Tuesday was any mention of...
Reviewing Farmed-Salmon ‘Bloodwater’ Discharge Permits Not Enough to Protect B.C.’s Wild Salmon: Critics
Footage of bloody discharge being released into B.C.’s coastal waters from farmed-fish processing plants by...
B.C. Urged to Review Industry-Funded Science Behind Approval of Gravel Mine
A controversial proposal for a gravel mine at the mouth of a salmon-bearing creek on...
B.C. Cancels Controversial Hazardous Waste Disposal Permit in Shawnigan Lake Watershed
B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak announced today she is revoking a permit granted to Cobble...
Contaminated Waste Site Inappropriate for Shawnigan Lake Watershed, B.C. Supreme Court Rules
The steady stream of trucks filled with contaminated waste that have been making their way...
Could the Fundamental ‘Right to a Healthy Environment’ Be a Gamechanger for Community-Led Battles like Shawnigan Lake?
Residents of Vancouver Island’s Shawnigan Lake are currently in B.C.’s Supreme Court fighting a waste...
“We’re a Community in Unrest”: Shawnigan Lake Asks B.C. to Halt Contaminated Waste Disposal While Judicial Review Underway
As 2015 drew to a close and families across the country planned for New Year...
