By Helen Englund, Horsefly River Roundtable Director – The Horsefly River Roundtable (HRR) assisted Tolko Industries Ltd. in organizing an…
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A Film by Robert E. Moberg – It was August 4, 2014 when the provincial news media called requesting footage…
By Melissa Chaun – In the newly released Patagonia documentary Artifishal an Indigenous fisher is quoted saying, “Many of today’s…
By Jim Cooperman – Despite the election of what we thought would be a more environmentally friendly government, British Columbia’s…
By Stephanie Bird, on behalf of Rail Ties Be Wise, Williams Lake – Who stands to gain if rail ties…
By Jim Hilton – In a recent BC government press release, the spraying of forests to control deciduous plants that…
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, George Heyman, has tabled new legislation intended to improve regulation of the qualified…
The Tŝilhqot’in community of Xeni Gwet’in is assembling for a peaceful gathering and harvesting camp at Teẑtan Biny (Fish Lake)…
Natalie A. Swift – Amidst the thick smoke we experienced this summer, I heard a common sentiment being expressed by…
Project puts Canada’s climate and biodiversity goals, long-term economic prosperity, and Indigenous reconciliation efforts at risk The federal government’s decision…
By Becky Bravi – Last year I made an appeal to the Environmental Appeal Board opposing the permit to allow…
Submitted by citizens’ group, Rail Ties Be Wise – Anyone who lived in Williams Lake before 1993 can remember finding…
By Sage Birchwater – It’s been a year now since Atlantic Power Corporation (APC) unveiled its plan to…
By Sage Birchwater – Controversy is brewing over Atlantic Power Corporation’s bid to increase the volume of creosote-laden railway…
By Brandon Hoffman — Working at the Arts Centre a couple weeks ago, I was visited by Louis Helbig, Kristin Reimer,…
By Sage Birchwater — Atlantic Power Corporation, owner of the biomass-fuelled electricity generation plant in Williams Lake, wants to burn…
By Sage Birchwater — The Mount Polley Mine breach that sent 25 million tons of mine waste down nine…
By Troy Forcier — Health Canada states on its website, “the herbicide glyphosate and products containing glyphosate (e.g., Roundup) are…
By Sage Birchwater — It’s been eight months since the August 4 breach of Mount Polley Mine’s tailings storage facility…