Warm winters put snowmobile season, and safety, at risk
For northerners, snowmobiling is both transportation and recreation. The $8-billion industry can also harm wildlife...
Many birds are named for enslavers, colonizers and white supremacists. That’s about to change
Black birdwatchers on the practice’s racist history, the move to rename North America’s feathered species...
Canada approved a major port expansion in endangered orca habitat — now it’s going to court
Conservation groups say the feds contravened endangered species law when they approved Roberts Bank Terminal...
New housing rules in B.C. trigger fears of ‘catastrophic’ loss of urban trees
B.C.’s NDP government says new legislation aims to address the housing crisis. Critics say the...
Curly, silly and in decline
In this week's newsletter, reporter Steph Wood tells us about a bighorn sheep herd in...
Counting sheep: saving a bighorn herd in the Rockies
Between a mysterious illness, dangerous weather and vanishing habitat, a herd of bighorn sheep almost...
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...
When epic ski trips and caribou conservation collide
Biologists are calling on the heli-skiing industry to share detailed information about their operations to...
Winging it with old-growth trees
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Sarah Cox takes us to B.C.’s inland template rainforest, where...
