What the B.C. government doesn’t want you to know about old growth deferrals

While B.C. fumbles on its commitments, old growth falls; forest defenders are arrested; mills close; and ecosystems are pushed further toward the brink of collapse by major timber companies.

Calls for change as record 76 black bears killed in one B.C. city | CBC News

Conservation groups urge city to take measures to reduce bear attractants in community.

B.C. mayor blasts party-goers for brush fire sparked by fireworks: ‘Should be ashamed’ | Globalne...

Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog said the thought of people lighting fireworks at the park is “outrageous” and those responsible should be prosecuted.

Lightning and wildfire risk prompts B.C.-wide campfire ban, new evacuation order in northeast | CBC...

Lightning paired with hot weather has prompted a new evacuation order due to a wildfire in northeastern B.C., as well as a provincewide campfire ban.

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Feds delay closure of B.C.'s open-net salmon farms until 2029 | CBC News

The federal government announced Wednesday that it would delay the closure of open net salmon farms off British Columbia's coast until 2029 to facilitate a transition to closed containment systems.

Rare white grizzly bear Nakoda and her cubs die in separate crashes in BC park

Parks Canada says a rare white grizzly bear has died of injuries that happened when she was struck by a car on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia's Yoho National Park, on the same day her...

Landfills are massive methane emitters, study finds

There are more than 2,600 landfills across the U.S., and collectively, they leak more than 280 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year — the equivalent of 74 coal-fired plants. So why...