By Chelsea Kemp, Brandon Sun, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Already scrambling to adjust to current supply chain woes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, local businesses are now concerned with the potential effects record-breaking rainfall and flooding in B.C. — which have closed highways and cut off rail access to Canada’s biggest port — will have here at home.
Continue reading Supply chain crunch a ‘nightmare’ for local businessesBy Shari Narine, Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Two bills introduced in the British Columbia legislature on Nov. 17 illustrate the province is heading in the right direction, say two First Nations leaders.
However, both BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee and Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip say more political will is needed to move the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples forward at a faster pace.
Continue reading New BC bills welcomed, but UNDRIP implementation moving at a snail’s paceBy John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The cascading natural disasters in British Columbia have destroyed key pieces of infrastructure that experts say should trigger a nationwide risk assessment to prepare for Canada’s rapidly changing climate.
An atmospheric river dumped a month’s worth of rain on B.C., which when combined with melting snow and the mountains already scarred from a catastrophic wildfire season, led to landslides that destroyed segments of the Trans-Canada and Coquihalla highways.
Continue reading After B.C. flooding, billion-dollar questions for CanadaBy John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Extreme weather fuelled by climate breakdown is exposing the vulnerability of key infrastructure in British Columbia and is reviving questions among environmentalists and residents about building the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline.
Continue reading TMX pipeline and BC’s climate tragedyBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Wet’suwet’en land defenders and supporters say inaction from B.C. and Canada left them no choice but to enforce an eviction order against Coastal GasLink workers and deactivate road access to the project, a pair of measures that have prompted the provincial and federal governments to call for a peaceful resolution to the blockades.
Continue reading Wet’suwet’en land defenders say BC, federal inaction prompted enforcement of Coastal GasLink eviction
