Homalco Chief Darren Blaney says wild salmon and First Nations will suffer after fish farm companies won a court challenge against a ban on restocking their sites in the Discovery Islands.
An agreement to delay logging of an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada's most endangered species.
Alberta and its allies are in the province's highest court trying to have the federal government's environmental assessment act declared unconstitutional.
A court has been told that a man leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns should be allowed to continue his work because accusations of bias are unfounded and his investigation is in the public interest.
A lawyer for an environmental law charity says Alberta's probe into the purported foreign funding of anti-oil campaigns is a "political gunfight" and not a proper use of a public inquiry.
A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta's public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a valid defence of the province's ailing oil industry or an attempt to silence dissent.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says an inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year.
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is reconsidering a decision in December to keep the federal government out of the approvals process for a major coal-mine expansion in Alberta.