NDP environment critic visits Nicola Valley
Politicians in B.C.’s legislature will be hearing about the Nicola Valley’s biosolids controversy from the official Opposition’s environment critic, local protesters and politicians alike heard...
View ArticleBioCentral holding off on biosolids trucks
Faced with a roadblock on either end of Highway 8, the biosolids processing company BioCentral has agreed to hold off on accepting truckloads of the product for several days. The announcement came late...
View ArticleLocal turns coffee pods into charitable donations
The single-cup coffee pod has become a staple of satisfying people’s caffeine fix, but one local person couldn’t stomach the waste they produce anymore. “I gave it up,” Travis Fehr said of his coffee...
View ArticleOMRR part of weakened protections
Dear Editor, The B.C. provincial government is at war with its own citizens. These days, when it comes to environmental protection, protests, blockades and civil disobedience comprise the last...
View ArticleMild winter could spell disaster for salmon return
According to the River Forecast Centre, the mild winter in southwestern British Columbia and on Vancouver Island resulted in extremely low snowpack in the mountains. This could cause lower water levels...
View ArticleMerritt connecting the dots for environment
Merritt will connect with other communities across Canada in the pursuit of having the right to a healthy environment recognized on Sunday. “Connect the Blue Dots” is part of the Blue Dot Movement,...
View ArticleEnvironmental issues not just for hippies
Tomorrow is all about the earth. Earth Day was started by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 after he witnessed a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calif. the year prior. Inspired by the...
View ArticleWolf cull ends first year; 84 killed
The B.C. government has killed 11 wolves in the South Selkirk Mountains and another 73 in the South Peace region in the first year of a five-year plan to protect dwindling caribou herds. The South...
View ArticleIs B.C. a Third World backwater?
VICTORIA – We might call ourselves Super, Natural or even The Best Place on Earth, but how is B.C. viewed around the world? Ever since U.S. billionaires and their environmental clients decided more...
View ArticleProvince investigating biosolids in Nicola Valley
The provincial government is conducting a scientific review of biosolids in the Nicola Valley. A technical working group will examine the use of biosolids, focusing on developing a monitoring and...
View ArticleMenard: Interior B.C. cares about the environment — and supports pipelines
By Neil Menard Mayor of Merritt There has been a lot of discussion about pipeline projects in recent days, especially in the Lower Mainland where urban environmentalists tend to dominate the...
View ArticleLocal politicians split over environmental ‘rights’
Over vocal objections from some representatives, local politicians have narrowly endorsed a call for an “environmental bill of rights” for B.C. at their annual convention. Calling it “an idea whose...
View ArticleLetter: Harper is no good for DFO
Editor: I usually read Mr. Othmar Vohringer’s “The Outdoorsman” column with some interest, but was appalled by his Oct. 8 column, “When celebrities become conservation experts.” The first two-thirds of...
View ArticleFletcher: Green shift returns, goes global
VICTORIA – We will soon learn what Premier Christy Clark and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have in mind for Canada’s renewed effort to influence climate change. As they prepare to join the 40,000...
View ArticleFriends and Neighbours: John and Kate Anderson — Award-winning ranchers
John and Kate Anderson don’t come from traditional ranching families, but they don’t see that as a bad thing. In fact, they say it has given them the freedom to pursue the kinds of sustainable...
View Article100 Drums brings people together to honour environment
The thunderous beating of drums coming from the Shulus Arbour this weekend was the symbol of hundreds gathering to honour the Mother Nature. The inaugural grassroots event, 100 drums for Water, Lands...
View ArticleFLETCHER: Interview with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley was in Vancouver this week to promote approval of Kinder Morgan Canada’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline from her home region of Strathcona County to its...
View ArticleNicola Valley chiefs key to creation of pipeline oversight committee
(July 27, 12:22 p.m.) This post has been updated to include comment from a Natural Resources Canada spokesperson. Band chiefs from across the Nicola Valley will have an important role to play in a...
View ArticleLower Nicola Chief named to climate advisory panel
Aaron Sumexheltza, Chief of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, was named to a provincial climate change panel to be co-chaired by Teck executive Marcia Smith. B.C.’s new climate advisory panel will work...
View ArticleFLETCHER: Politicians pose on plastic bags
B.C. VIEWS: Virtue signalling distracts from local government performance It’s a municipal election year, with four-year terms of office on the line for communities around B.C. this fall. So now is a...
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