Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit
The company responsible for Canada’s largest tailings spill failed to meet new provincial conditions for...
No longer a rainforest: B.C.’s Sunshine Coast improvises to survive long-term drought
Farmers, gardeners, brewers and regional managers are banding together in a beautiful partnership to both...
Life in the heart of B.C.’s brutal summer drought
For ranchers, farmers and foresters alike, the extreme dry conditions in the Kettle River watershed...
Kenney government urged by Edmonton water utility to halt new coal mines before ‘scientifically rigorous’ review
The city’s only source of drinking water and a vital wildlife corridor could be at...
‘It’s pretty dire’: Vancouver Island salmon under threat from climate change-induced droughts
As the island enters the most severe level of drought in the province, experts warn...
Teaching citizen scientists to hunt for ‘canary in the coal mine’ in Alberta’s rivers
In the face of ‘data deficiencies,’ training helps communities take water monitoring into their own...
‘It was hard enough before’: Manitoba’s drought, worsened by climate crisis, is upending Prairie life
Farmers wait, desperate for rain, in a prolonged season of extremely dry conditions across central...
5 ways the climate crisis is changing the ocean and threatening human health
Ocean waters are now warmer, more acidic and hold less oxygen. They’re also stressed from...
Federal watchdog urged to investigate Canada’s ‘longstanding failure’ to stop B.C. Elk Valley coal mine pollution
Report from the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre says new proposed mines could further...
