Animals, Rivers & Oceans

Where Killer Whales and Dolphins Hunt Cooperatively

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A new study found that Northern Resident Killer Whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins have formed a cooperative hunting relationship to catch Chinook salmon in the Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound. The dolphins utilize echolocation to locate fish at depth, but their small teeth are designed primarily to grip prey, and they cannot swallow large species like Chinook salmon whole. Instead, dolphins locate the fish, and then wait for the killer whales move in to tear them apart, scattering bits of tissue and flesh into the water.

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Politics

Area C Director’s Report: OCP & budget processes + gratitude & holiday wishes

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Hello,
This holiday season I wish you warmth, brightness, and new memories with those you love. This report touches on our OCP process and shares news on ‘budget season’, plus community gratitude.

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Indigenous Nations

Court decision recognizes UNDRIP as law, but leads province to look at revising legislation

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By Nora O’Malley, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

First Nations in B.C. may be entitled to raise their UNDRIP rights if they are not adequately consulted on natural resource projects within their territory, following a precedent-setting B.C. Court of Appeal decision released on Dec. 5.

Ehattesaht Chief Counsellor Simon John says the court decision “provides important legal recognition of UNDRIP as a tool to help ensure that First Nations’ interests are respected and their role in decision making is realized.” 

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Politics

BC Conservative leadership bids cropping up, but party politics remain perilous

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Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Potential leadership candidates for the BC Conservative Party are rapidly emerging after the party’s near implosion and the forced removal of John Rustad last week. 

At this stage, many of the higher profile candidates, including newly elected federal Conservative MP Aaron Gunn and former BC Liberal premier Christie Clark, are playing coy, floating social media messages that suggest they are open to running, but reserving the right of refusal. 

Gunn declined an interview with Canada’s National Observer, however, the BC MP for North Island-Powell River said he’ll likely make a final decision by the end of next week. 

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Cost of Climate Change, Politics

Climate Realities: A Response to Liberal Environmental Policies

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In yesterday’s broadcast, Jennifer Lash, a former senior advisor from Environment and Climate Change Canada, explained that  the Prime Minister had to make an MOU with Alberta in order to bring that province on board to initiate further climate initiatives. The potential cost was building a pipeline across BC, but she believes the opposition in BC is too strong for this to become a reality. She also talked about other past and present Liberal environmental policies. Max Thaysen, a leader of the Cortes Island Climate Action Network and  regional representative for North Island on the BC NDP’s Standing Committee on Economy and Environment, responds in this morning’s interview. 

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