By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada supports the goals of the European Union’s forestry trade rules, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says, after a leaked letter recently revealed the country’s efforts to water down proposed EU regulations right before the United Nations’ global biodiversity conference kicks off in Montreal.
Continue reading Leaked letter puts focus on Canada’s forestry trade priorities ahead of COP15By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s opening speech at COP15 was interrupted by a group of Indigenous protesters playing drums and singing “Canada is on native land” and “climate leaders don’t build pipelines.”
Continue reading Can Canada juggle biodiversity, conservation, resource projects and Indigenous land rights?
By Kaitlyn Bailey, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A humpback whale appears to have made a difficult journey from waters in northern B.C. to Hawaii, despite an injury leaving her tail almost completely immobile.
Continue reading Severely injured humpback travels from B.C. to Hawaii
Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: The COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal has ambitious goals. Here’s how we could embed these goals into our economies.
Originally published on Corporate Knights
By Guy Dauncey
From nature’s perspective, human civilization has been a disaster.
It has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and 50% of plants. Between 1970 and 2016 alone, humans wiped out 68% of the world’s mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. The world’s governments support this destructive activity with subsidies worth between US $1.8 trillion and $6 trillion a year ($5 billion to $16 billion a day).
Continue reading Seven ways to include nature in our economic choices
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Local artist Jane Newman is hosting a card making workshop this Sunday in collaboration with the Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society.
In the current digital age, Newman believes there’s something special about making and receiving an item that’s handmade during the holidays.
Continue reading Cortes Island Museum hosts card making workshop with artist Jane Newman
