Remembering Bob the elk: what the life and death of a B.C. town’s beloved neighbour can teach us
When a Vancouver Island elk was hit by a car, the story unravelled before local...
Canada’s reputation as a nation of “hewers of wood and drawers of water” is at least half correct, historically. Forestry has always been one of the biggest industries in the country, economically, by reputation and by environmental impact. About 94 per cent of forests in Canada are publicly owned and about 70 per cent of Canada’s Indigenous population lives in forested areas.
Over half of the world’s boreal region is in Canada, which boasts a staggering 270 million hectares of boreal forest.
Increasing privatization of forest lands, however, combined with the threats of climate change, industrial activity, pine beetle infestations and wildfires, has put Canada’s forests at risk.
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When a Vancouver Island elk was hit by a car, the story unravelled before local...
The Alberta government has moved to ban new wind developments in large swaths of the...
The province is instead promising an ecosystem-based view of protection — an intriguing idea, but...
Billy Beal — a Black sawmill worker who immigrated at the turn of the 20th...
West Fraser Timber, which now holds the lease for the area, is sitting down with...
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Northern myotis bats weigh little more than a loonie and have long, dark ears. Females...
The ongoing Teal-Jones lawsuit puts a price tag on reconciliation, and asks who should foot...
The ’boo shack, as locals in southeast British Columbia call it, could become a multi-million...
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