By Kate MacKenzie During the recent UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, over 190 nations adopted a Global Biodiversity Framework. Part of that agreement is…
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Go-to for paddling residents and visitors
Humans have been building and using small watercraft to travel in British Columbia since time immemorial. Coastal First Nations fashioned canoes from western red cedar…
Planning for a budget slow travel trip
Budget Slow Travel By Patrick Robertson Most of the world has decided to live with COVID-19 and other strains that are popping up and to…
Horgan leaves behind a flawed environmental legacy
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary The king is dead. Long live the King! I think this would be an apt way to describe the…
Kimberley grinds onward to finals of Best Small Town in B.C.
The City of Kimberley has rounded the corner home in CBC’s Best Small Town in B.C. and is heading down the stretch with one final…
B.C. has produced a new crop of heroes
“Perspectives,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary Call them British Columbia’s heroes! Because that’s what they are. For months the ragtag group of protesters at Fairy…
Don’t let them pull the bark over your eyes
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary So, what is the real tragedy of the ravenous forest fires engulfing B.C. now? Is it all the formerly…
Iconic old growth stands may still be in peril
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary Showing how desperate and Machiavellian he really is, B.C. Premier John Horgan announced a new old growth forest panel…
Horgan tries to dodge old growth issue but fails
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary There’s nothing innately wrong with chopping down a tree. In a province as big as B.C., there’s nothing wrong…
It’s the same forestry horror show all over again
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary Call it “The War in the Woods Redux.” Only this time it’s Fairy Creek. But the problem remains the…