By Sage Birchwater – Controversy is brewing over Atlantic Power Corporation’s bid to increase the volume of creosote-laden railway…
Browsing: Environment
Submitted by the Potato House Society – Over 2016 you will see a lot of action at the Potato House…
By Pat Teti – If you buy locally produced meat or vegetables, you are probably connected to a worldwide network…
By Sage Birchwater – Climate change touches all of us in different ways. When I came to the Cariboo-Chilcotin in…
By David Suzuki – My grandparents came here from Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. Although it would…
The Northern Shuswap Tribal Council and its affiliated NStQ Treaty Society is holding the Agreement-in-Principle (AiP) referendum on Thursday…
By David Suzuki — Sustainable development means different things to different people. The concept was popularized in 1987 by the groundbreaking…
By Jessica Kirby — In the midst of “shop local” messages it can be easy to forget or overlook corporate…
By Brandon Hoffman — Working at the Arts Centre a couple weeks ago, I was visited by Louis Helbig, Kristin Reimer,…
By Mike Stamford — In his book, Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia, Don McPhail elegantly describes how glaciation events have influenced…
By LeRae Haynes — Strategically located to provide immediate and ongoing data on the Mt. Polley Mine breach, the…
By LeRae Haynes — The City of Williams Lake has been chosen to host an upcoming BC Mountain Bike…
By Lisa Bland — Anyone who has spent time on or near the ocean knows its power and beauty, and…
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 Bill Chapman, PhD Research Soil Scientist — In this life there are two kinds of creatures—those which digest…
By Heather Clay — Bees are dying. Why are they in trouble and what can you do to help? One…
By Oliver Berger — Converting waste into reusable material – recycling – some people do it, others don’t. It…
By Van Andruss — My partner Eleanor and I visited the Emerald Isle for the fourth time this past…