Raincoast in the news, 2022
Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
Victoria News
The Canadian Press
2022-03-09
British Columbia has about 50 per cent of the world’s mountain goats…
Vanishing goats? Not on the watch of the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation!
Planet in Peril
Graham Powell, Graham Powell, Larry Powell
2022-03-08
Mountain goats in KXN territory and beyond in British Columbia are of conservation concern.…
Teal Jones in violation of criteria
Creatively United Community
Frances Litman
2022-03-03
A Call for a New Forest Framework in British Columbia…
Langford gets Island’s first Tesla centre, RCMP’s first EV cruiser
Goldstream News Gazette
Justin Samanski-Langille
2022-03-03
The centre is expected to open June 2023 with the police car set to arrive later this year…
The Future of Birds (2022)
Earth-Films
Jocelyn Demers
2022-03-01
With the loss of global biodiversity and climate change in mind, the world`s best ornithologists are understanding how important birds are for ecosystems and economies.
Elephants Are Being Born Without Tusks. Poachers Are to Blame.
Avocado
Jenni Gritters
2022-02-21
Human interaction and wildlife exploitation is causing animals to evolve in ways that will impact species now and in the future.…
Weekly Salmon Media Round-Up
Salmon News
2022-02-20
The Best Weekly Media Round-up of Stories about Salmon and their Habitats…
Kristen Walters, Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali: You cannot ‘offset’ extinction
The Province
Kristen Walters
2022-02-19
Opinion: Growing evidence suggests habitat offsetting cannot counteract the serious effects the Terminal 2 expansion at Roberts Bank would have on Southern Resident killer whales and populations of Fraser River wild salmon…
You can’t ‘offset’ extinction of Fraser River Chinook salmon
The Seattle Times
Kristen Walters, Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali
2022-02-16
Globally, only 15.5% of the world’s coastal regions remain ecologically intact. In British Columbia, the Fraser River Estuary has already lost 85% of its flood plain habitat, and more …
Two Vancouver Indigenous-Run Food Companies Share a Passion for Quality and Community
Inside Vancouver
Tara Lee
2022-02-16
Spirit Bear Coffee Company is an inspiring example of a business that cares not only about the quality of their products, but also about their impact on the environment. As the first national Indigenous-owned coffee …
Scientists call for rejection of RBT2 project
Delta Optimist
Staff Writer
2022-02-14
Letter from 12 scientists urges Minister of Environment to reject the proposed shipping expansion in the Fraser River Estuary…
Scientists submit letter calling for rejection of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project
Cision
Pink Sheep Media
2022-02-10
Letter from 12 scientists urges Minister of Environment to reject the VFPA’s proposed shipping expansion in the Fraser River Estuary…
Scientists call upon Minister of Environment to Reject the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project
Better Deltaport
2022-02-10
Letter from 12 scientists urges Minister of Environment to reject the VFPA’s proposed shipping expansion in the Fraser River Estuary…
Scientists make final bid to stop Port of Vancouver’s terminal expansion: ‘they can’t mitigate the consequences’
The Narwhal
Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
2022-02-10
The port promises it can mitigate the impacts of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion on endangered species like Chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales. But in a recent letter to Environment Minister …
Councillors ask Ottawa to can marine container terminal project in Delta, B.C.
Global News
Elizabeth McSheffrey
2022-02-10
A deadline is looming for a final decision on the proposed expansion by the Port of Vancouver. But Delta city council has unanimously vote against the controversial expansion due to environmental concerns. Ted Chernecki has …
Letter from scientists regarding Roberts Bank Terminal 2
Fraser Estuary Science Letter
2022-02-07
To: Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada…
When You Can’t Just Vote Them off the Island
C2C Journal
Doug Firby
2022-02-06
Officious municipal bureaucrats are nothing new, Kafkaesque permitting processes are routine, and nosy bylaw officers interfering with property owners, home-business operators or pet owners are a familiar sight. But what is going on in British …
Putting together the pieces of Howe Sound
Bowen Island Undercurrent
Alex Kurial
2022-02-04
Bowen artist shines light on the Orcas through painting-inspired puzzle…
Putting together the pieces of Howe Sound
Bowen Island Undercurrent
Alex Kurial
2022-02-04
Bowen artist shines light on the Orcas through painting-inspired puzzle…
Pod of orcas give whale watchers amazing show from Whey-ah-Wichen – Cates Park (VIDEO)
Vancouver is Awesome
Jane Seyd
2022-01-27
Whales spotted off the North Shore this week are Biggs orcas, which are being spotted more frequently in South Coast waters, say scientists…
Pod of orcas give whale watchers amazing show from Whey-ah-Wichen – Cates Park (VIDEO)
Vancouver is Awesome
Jane Seyd
2022-01-27
Whales spotted off the North Shore this week are Biggs orcas, which are being spotted more frequently in South Coast waters, say scientists…
Pod of orcas give whale watchers amazing show from Whey-ah-Wichen – Cates Park (VIDEO)
The Squamish Chief
Jane Seyd
2022-01-27
Whales spotted off the North Shore this week are Biggs orcas, which are being spotted more frequently in South Coast waters, say scientists…
Michelle Valberg featured on CTV News
World Photographic Cup
Leanne Cusack
2022-01-24
Turning plastic bottles into gorgeous scarves: Nature photographer focuses on sustainable fashion …
It Pays to Pollute in BC
The Tyee
Michelle Gamage
2022 01 18
Pollution reduces property value — and property taxes. That creates an incentive to slow brownfield remediation, experts say.…
How the return of humpback whales to Canada’s Salish Sea is boosting tourism and conservation
South China Morning Post
Daniel Allen
2022-01-16
Humpback whales are making a comeback to the Salish Sea off Vancouver in western Canada, helping the region’s wider natural and cultural revitalisation…
Alaskan fishing fleet catching huge proportion of B.C. salmon: New report
Newswires
SkeenaWild
2022-01-11
Alaska harvests millions of Canadian salmon while Canadian fishermen tied to the dock…
Se descubre un extraño vínculo entre el ADN del oso grizzly y el lenguaje humano
GEO
Elena Lozano
2022 01 04
Un estudio científico de osos grizzly en el B.C. costa ha descubierto tres grupos genéticamente diferentes.…
Des souhaits pour l’environnement en 2022
ICI Radio-Canada | Ohdio
Phare Ouest
2022 01 03
Le directeur du programme Healthy Waters de Raincoast, Peter Ross, offre ses meilleurs vœux à l’environnement.…
How one B.C. group, First Nations bought out trophy hunters | Squamish Chief
The Wolf Intelligencer
Stefan Labbé
2022 01 02
The decision to buy out hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest will benefit generations of wildlife.…
‘They are supposed to protect us’: Community wants more from EPA for Duwamish Superfund cleanup
The Seattle Times
Lynda V. Mapes
2022 01 02
…“A silent crisis to me is very much where we are at.” – Peter Ross