Environment
New catch-and-release guidelines in BC will buoy up salmon survival
Sport fishers and scientists are launching a bid to improve salmon survival by changing recommended…
Canada’s concern about illegal shark finning by fishing fleets in the North Pacific surging
A cruel, wasteful and illegal practice called shark finning is occurring — over and over…
Goats, not glyphosate: Critics see alternatives to Coastal GasLink’s herbicide plans
Backpacks full of chemical herbicides or goats and wildflowers? As TC Energy prepares its plans…
UN manifesto pitches preservation of critical microscopic creatures
Plankton, the key ingredient of the primordial ocean soup that allows all life to flourish,…
Meet Doug the beaver the watershed recovery engineer working near Kamloops
At the heart of Skeetchestn territory is the Deadman Watershed, a living landscape of roughly…
Lytton wildfire sparked an ongoing food crisis in the region
Three years after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, the disaster has left a lingering gap in…
Kettle River forestry investigation raises concerns about logging in watersheds
A recent investigation into logging practices in the Kettle River Watershed highlighted the fact that…
Lone chinook salmon makes ‘milestone’ return home to Okanagan Lake
For the first time in known recent history, a lone adult Okanagan summer chinook salmon…
South Okanagan bird observatory back in the banding business after brief hiatus
Last year was the first time in 20 years a South Okanagan bird observatory wasn’t…
Opposition to northern BC pipeline intensifies as construction begins
Tribal protectors representing members of four Nisg_a’a villages set up a blockade early Monday morning…
AS THE WORLD BURNS: The art and science of responding to BC wildfires
When dark thunderclouds build behind Dzilh Yez (Hudson Bay Mountain) in Smithers, B.C., local weather…
Unsurprisingly, goose poop still a massive problem on Okanagan beaches
Tip-toeing through the goose feces littering the grass at Vernon's Kin Beach on Okanagan Lake…
Shuswap school district fined $3,000 over repeated water sampling failure
The North Okanagan Shuswap school district has been fined $3,040 for multiple failures in submitting…
Leaked TC Energy recording prompts BC to probe claims of outsized lobbying influence on government
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma has asked a provincial watchdog to look into a series…
‘Brothers’ in the air fly from Kamloops to douse wildfires from the sky
The pilots who water bomb wildfires in the Kamloops region have formed a tight bond…