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B.C. buys 10 ha of rare grassland for South Okanagan protected area
B.C. Parks is spending $314,000 for 10 hectares of rare grassland near Okanagan Falls. The…
Should DFO reel in sport fishing to help save salmon?
Conservation groups want Ottawa to dramatically curtail the recreational fishery as it did with the…
$2,300 worth of fines handed out for illegal campfires in North Okanagan
People unable to heed the campfire ban put in place last week got an expensive…
Interior Health discourages swimming in Wood Lake due to algae bloom
While Interior Health has not discovered any toxins related to an algae bloom in Wood…
100 celebrities leverage star power in fight to save B.C.’s old-growth forests
Pressure on B.C. Premier John Horgan is climbing as national and global celebrities begin to…
Old-growth activists say they are allied with First Nations. Is that really true?
Huu-ay-aht Chief Coun. Robert J. Dennis Sr. is blunt in his assessment of old-growth activists…
Dredge work to improve canal linking Kalamalka and Wood Lakes tied up in red tape
A Lake Country resident who wants to see safe passage for boaters between Kalamalka and…
Ottawa nixes restock requests for contentious B.C. fish farms
The federal fisheries minister has denied an international aquaculture company the right to stock contentious…
Indigenous guardian manning remote B.C. territory receives leadership award
Jarett Quock was instrumental in designing the Tahltan First Nation’s very first environmental guardian program…
Controversial Vernon goose cull will not be happening this year
A controversial Vernon goose cull program isn’t going ahead this year as the city waits…
Garbage bins and bird feeders attracting bears in Kamloops
A Kamloops resident is putting out the call to be 'bear aware' as the bruins…
Why you should expect fewer fresh morels this season
Fewer wildfires mean fewer fresh morel mushrooms for Okanagan residents. Scott Moran, a Kelowna forager…
CN Rail fined $100,000 for spraying pesticides along tracks in B.C.
CN Rail will have to pay $100,000 after spraying pesticides in northwestern B.C. along railroad…
Grant targets response to marginalized in Kamloops when natural disasters strike
The City of Kamloops will be using a $25,000 provincial grant to plan how to…
Fairy Creek crackdown on Vancouver Island leads to more arrests, protests
RCMP unexpectedly arrested a number of old-growth activists with the Fairy Creek blockades inside the…
iN VIDEO: There’s more than one way to a zero-waste lifestyle
The co-creator of a zero-waste non-profit says she no longer limits herself to keeping track…
These 12 B.C. mines pose risks to salmon, caribou, water: report
B.C.’s mineral resources are sought after to support the transition from fossil fuels to renewable…
How B.C. can use green edge to capture global cleantech market
B.C. can leverage competitive advantages to grow its cleantech industry and take advantage of a…
Okanagan Lake’s north end most impacted by human activities: study
Okanagan Lake, particularly in its shallower north end, continues to be impacted by the increasing…
New reporting tool to identify potentially harmful algae in B.C. lakes
The B.C. government has created a website to help identify algae blooms on lake. The…
Canada’s oceans on the crest of a transformative decade
Canada is in the enviable position of having the longest coastline in the world. But…
Seeing the forest for the trees: searching for solutions in B.C.’s Kispiox Valley
Clear plastic bags hang from small spigots plugged into birch trunks in a mixed stand…
No more plastic bags at Safeway stores
Safeway grocery stores across Canada are no longer offering plastic grocery bags to customers. Kamloops…
Kelowna-based company uses flax for compostable phone cases
If you ask Jeremy Lang, he’ll tell you flax has some impressive flex, though you…