EPA finds selenium from B.C. mines contaminating fish in Montana
High concentrations of a potentially toxic element have been found in fish in the Kootenai...
We back-country paddled to the Tulsequah Chief, B.C.’s most infamous abandoned mine
Spanning the B.C.-Alaska border, the salmon-rich Taku River watershed represents the largest intact wilderness river...
Microplastics may affect how Arctic sea ice forms and melts
A recent University of Manitoba study reveals distinct changes in sea ice albedo in response...
‘Only reason we exist’: why an energy transition is hard to fathom in parts of Alberta
The Municipal District of Greenview received $77 million in taxes and fees from oil and...
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...
‘You can’t drink money’: Kootenay communities fight logging to protect their drinking water
In Glade, where clear-cutting could begin any day, determined residents are pulling out all the...
A deepsea ‘oasis’ is slated to become Canada’s biggest protected area
An area four times the size of Vancouver Island is home to smoking vents, volcanic...
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...
A reckoning for Muskrat Falls
At an ongoing inquiry into mismanagement of the hydro project — now widely seen as...
