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Rochelle Baker will be covering Quadra and Cortes Islands in British Columbia.
A year after helping protect their community during the massive Fort Good Hope wildfire, Indigenous Guardians call for year-round fire stewardship rooted in sovereignty.
Wildfires in Canada and Siberia’s boreal regions may have an unexpected effect: over the next 35 years they could slow warming by 12 per cent globally and 38 per cent in the Arctic, according to a recent climate study.
The province is looking to make its "short-term emergency" measure of shooting wolves to protect caribou a permanent practice in lieu of protecting habitat, critics warn.
Climate change is exacting a toll on BC's iconic West Coast Trail — straining infrastructure and the Indigenous Guardians and park crews who caretake it, Huu-ay-hat Chief Councillor Sayaač̓atḥ, John Jack says.
A historical record of the nation’s sustainable resource use on the land, reviving clam gardens will increase Mamalilikulla’s food security and ensure culture and traditional knowledge is passed down from elders to younger generations, says Chief John Powell.
The NDP candidate and former Campbell River councillor is confident her deep community roots, political experience and commitment to respectful politics will prevail in a riding that historically swings between orange and blue.
The Campbell River Chamber board suggests some rogue members are responsible for the perplexing last-minute cancellation of an all-candidates debate Tuesday evening.
All North Island-Powell River riding candidates, minus one, arrived to speak to the crowd that attended an election debate that was cancelled last minute by the Campbell River Chamber board of directors.
BC is reversing its 'net-zero' promise and letting LNG projects off the hook if electricity isn't available by 2030 — allowing them to emit massive amounts of carbon pollution indefinitely, critics say
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May dismisses speculation she’ll lose her seat — saying its based on fear not facts and the party’s own polling in the riding shows a different story.