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Protesters undeterred by start of Site C dam construction
On the Peace River — Mark Meiers doesn’t shy from conflict. The hard-nosed, square-jawed Fort St. John area ranch owner points his six-metre-long jet boat towards a series of shoreline signs he’s never...
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Environmental group ramps up protection effort for western toads threatened...
The Wilderness Committee is seeking immediate protection for 700 hectares of forest land in the West Kootenay following a new video showing countless western toads — a species of concern — crawling...
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Ottawa appoints two British Columbians to review Roberts Bank port expansion...
The federal government has appointed two British Columbians to a three-member review panel for the environmental assessment of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project in South Delta. The panel includes...
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B.C. will require grizzly hunters to remove meat, predicts wildlife federation
B.C.’s largest hunting and fishing organization said Thursday it expects the province to require hunters to remove edible portions of a grizzly bear carcass. The regulation is already in place for...
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GONE WILD: Commercial drones by the numbers
The Dirt on Drones Shaw Sabey and Associates Ltd. of Vancouver compiled data for The Vancouver Sun on unmanned aerial vehicles — commonly known as drones — based on 200 commercial applications...
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BC Hydro transmission towers could soon rise above Deas Island Park
A BC Hydro transmission line, buried for decades inside the George Massey Tunnel, may be relocated onto massive towers over bucolic Deas Island Regional Park as a result of construction of the new...
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B.C. policy outlines conservation officers' discretionary powers in wildlife...
The provincial government has issued new guidelines on how conservation officers should exercise discretion in the field when deciding to kill or spare the lives of bears and other large carnivores...
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Snap-happy passengers on WestJet flight prompt police response
WestJet may have a reputation for its convivial flight crews, but take their photos without permission and you could become the subject of a police investigation. That’s what happened this week during...
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First Nations overwhelmingly support LNG, B.C. minister asserts
Professional protesters may steal the headlines, but the vast majority of First Nations in northern B.C. are squarely on board with LNG development, John Rustad, the B.C. minister of aboriginal...
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Turf war erupts over federal kill permit for gulls drawn to Delta compost...
A Delta turf farm that receives regional food waste for composting has a federal “damage or danger” permit that allows the use of firearms to harass and kill scores of nuisance gulls per year attracted...
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Organics composter heads to court to force Lytton First Nation to allow road...
A businessman hauling food scraps from the Lower Mainland to the Fraser Canyon for composting is taking the Lytton First Nation to B.C. Supreme Court to ensure unfettered road access to his operation,...
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Goose of a different colour: strange bird spotted in Vancouver's West End
A goose sporting a strange collection of feathers is making for an odd duck in the West End. The goose, sighted this week in the company of Canada geese at Sunset Beach, features an unusual pattern of...
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Restorative justice can be more powerful than criminal justice system: B.C....
Sgt. Andy MacKay knows the value of not taking a lawbreaker to court. The newly appointed coordinator of environmental restorative justice cases for the B.C. Conservation Officer Service argues that...
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Canada lists nine B.C. species for first time under Species at Risk Act
Canada is listing nine B.C. species under the Species at Risk Act for the first time, ranging from a fly found in the South Okanagan to a lichen found in older forests within the Rocky Mountain Trench....
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Rangers to be posted at access points to aboriginal title lands in Chilcotin
A First Nation asserting control over its court-awarded title lands in the Chilcotin will be posting uniformed rangers at key access points to its territory this summer. Tourists are welcome to visit...
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Aquarium's belugas showing key signs of stress, boredom, experts say
The Vancouver Aquarium sees a beautiful white beluga, well fed, medically sound, engaged with trainers and swimming through a habitat free of predators. Critics experienced in animal behaviour see a...
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Fraser River sockeye returns predicted to be dismal — again — this summer
Sockeye returns are predicted to be so low this summer on the Fraser River that they won’t support a commercial or recreational fishery. The Pacific Salmon Commission said Friday that the four-year...
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B.C. coast to see historic cleanup of marine debris as Japanese tsunami money...
A coordinated marine-debris cleanup described as the largest in Canadian history is underway all along B.C.’s west coast, from the remote wave-tossed beaches of Cape Scott and Haida Gwaii to the...
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One dead, two injured in Granville Island crash
One of Vancouver’s most popular attractions was transformed into chaos Thursday after a motor vehicle struck three pedestrians, killing one of them. Olya Horodechna was working at a Ukrainian bakery...
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'Toxic workplace atmosphere': Internal emails reveal chaos at B.C. Wildlife...
The 50,000-member B.C. Wildlife Federation is in turmoil following numerous resignations in recent months at the organization’s Surrey headquarters, according to internal emails. A letter of...
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