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DSI Drammen, a bulk carrier, seen crossing Burrard Inlet. Photo by Tjflex2/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed)

Calls mount for detailed evacuation plan in case of Trans Mountain oil spill

Health and climate advocates are urging British Columbia to develop a credible evacuation plan in case of an oil spill in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet as the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project opens for business, triggering dozens more tankers to cross the waters each month.

By John Woodside | News, Politics | May 9th 2024

Anthony Pak at the 2024 BC Embodied Carbon Awards. Photo by Dan Kirchner from 360hometours.ca

Once ignored, award-winning green building champion nails it

No one listened to engineer Anthony Pak when he first tried to explain the importance of embodied carbon to his Canadian colleagues.

By Marisa Sittheeamorn | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | May 9th 2024

Pediatricians believe climate conversations should be part of any doctor’s visit

From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, kids can bear the brunt of climate change.

Race Against Climate Change

By Anya Kamenetz | News | May 9th 2024

CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Catherine Tait waits to appear at the Heritage Committee in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

CBC head Catherine Tait grilled by Tory MPs over executive bonuses

An appearance by the CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. at a parliamentary committee turned personal on Tuesday, even before Catherine Tait faced a barrage of questions from Conservative MPs over executive bonuses.

By Mickey Djuric | News, Politics | May 8th 2024

Vancouver Island community mourns fish lost as B.C. drought again heightens risk

Project 84,000 is intended to depict the number of steelhead and trout that died in a massive fish kill in the drought-stricken Cowichan River on southern Vancouver Island last year.

By Nono Shen | News | May 8th 2024

A two-year-old female orca calf, named kwiisahi?is, or Brave Little Hunter, by the Ehattesaht First Nation, is spotted at the Little Espinosa Inlet near Zeballos, B.C., on Friday, April 19, 2024. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Orca orphan swimming near other killer whales, but hasn't yet found family

A pod of killer whales has been spotted far offshore from the remote Vancouver Island inlet where an orphaned orca has been spending time since escaping a lagoon last month, but a member of her rescue team is downplaying the prospect of an imminent family reunion.

By Dirk Meissner | News | May 8th 2024