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Delta LNG plant touts public safety as paramount amid massive $400m expansion
The risks at the FortisBC liquefied-natural gas facility at Tilbury Island in Delta are so real that visitors are ordered not to take photos or even turn on their cellphones during a tour as a way to...
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In search of silver: B.C. roe-herring fishery carries risks and rewards
OFF NANOOSE BAY — The Denman Isle is in stealth mode, dark except for a spotlight off the bow. Skipper Barry Curic sits in the dim wheelhouse of the 21-metre steel seine vessel, watching intently as a...
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A failure to Act? Just 10 convictions Canada-wide in 13 years under federal...
The federal government has secured just 10 convictions out of 444 enforcement cases opened since the Species At Risk Act came into force 13 years ago, including only one case involving a B.C....
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B.C. Hydro slapped with Site C enforcement order related to sediment runoff
B.C. Hydro has received yet another enforcement order from the province’s Environmental Assessment Office related to a contractor’s work at the $9-billion Site C dam project that poses a threat to fish...
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B.C. oyster industry reeling after more than 300 consumers fall ill
The federal government has closed oyster farming at seven diverse locations in southern B.C. waters, and several other commercial growers have voluntarily stopped selling amidst the worst norovirus...
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Environmental group decries Safari Club International donation of $60,000 to...
An environmental group is decrying a Safari Club International donation of $60,000 to the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. within two months of the provincial election and only days before the...
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Endangered Oregon spotted frogs released into new Fraser Valley home
AGASSIZ — Hope for Canada’s most endangered amphibian arrived Thursday in three plastic white buckets on the shores of still and murky Maria Slough at Seabird Island. About 100 juvenile Oregon spotted...
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Sierra Club predicts costs of Site C hydro dam will balloon further
A Sierra Club B.C. report released Monday argues that the Liberal provincial government is leaving taxpayers with a costly legacy of bad decisions, corporate subsidies, and failed LNG projects. The...
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Archaeology study reveals unique glimpse into Bridge River aboriginals...
An ancient pithouse at Bridge River in the Fraser Canyon that spanned about 1,500 years and included 17 distinct layered floors ending at the European fur-trade era is providing unique insight into the...
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New poll shows 74 per cent of rural British Columbians oppose grizzly trophy...
About three-quarters of rural British Columbians oppose the grizzly bear trophy hunt, according to a new Insights West poll conducted for an ecotourism group. The poll results, released Thursday, found...
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Mysterious site off Point Grey is Canada's largest marine dump
Six kilometres due west of Wreck Beach and the University of British Columbia lies a mysterious federal marine disposal site — the largest and oldest in Canada — where vast amounts of dredged and...
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B.C. Wildlife Federation gave $4,000 donation to B.C. Liberals through...
The 50,000-member B.C. Wildlife Federation — a federally registered charity — gave $4,000 to its Okanagan region chapter to participate in a fundraising golf tournament for the B.C. Liberal party....
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Urban streams: salmon in the city face development onslaught
Byrne Creek appears from nowhere. It has no glacial snowpack or lake from which to draw its waters. They just percolate through the ground and flow through storm pipes in south Burnaby until they form...
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Bear trophy hunter and B.C. Liberal candidate in crosshairs of environmentalists
A commercial bear trophy hunter nominated for the Liberals in the riding of Mid Island-Pacific Rim is finding himself in the cross-hairs of the B.C. environmental movement. Darren DeLuca. Darren DeLuca...
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B.C. Election 2017: Weaver unveils Greens' strategy to cool B.C. housing market
Green party Leader Andrew Weaver unveiled an affordable housing platform Tuesday designed to cool the residential real-estate market, increase the supply of affordable accommodation and give the middle...
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B.C. Election 2017: Liberal pledge to end grizzly hunt in Great Bear...
Grizzly trophy hunting will continue almost unabated in B.C. despite an election pledge by the Liberal government to end the unpopular sport in the Great Bear Rainforest. Steve Thomson, minister of...
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Fact Check: B.C. Liberals on grizzly hunt
What was said: The B.C. Liberals’ election platform released Monday pledged to end the grizzly trophy hunt in the Great Bear Rainforest, which includes the Central and North Coast of the province....
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Critics say Whistler Blackcomb 'turned its back' on casual skiers, boarders...
Vail Resorts Inc. will implement a new pricing policy for Whistler Blackcomb next season that, according to critics, financially punishes local skiers and boarders who frequent the destination on a...
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Teck investigating 'process water' release at Highland Valley mine near Logan...
An investigation is underway into the release of a large volume of contaminated water at the Highland Valley copper and molybdenum mine near Logan Lake, Teck Resources Ltd. spokesman Chris Stannell...
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B.C. Hydro faces more environmental rebuke over sediment flows at Site C dam
B.C. Hydro is in trouble with enforcement officials yet again, after sediment from construction of the $9-billion Site C dam was deemed a threat to fish stocks in the Peace River system. Lucille...
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