By John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After a devastating wildfire season that reduced towns to ash and a heat dome that killed hundreds, climate breakdown is again threatening British Columbians, as torrential rain pummelled the province Monday, causing landslides and floods that destroyed key infrastructure and took at least one life.
Continue reading Lethal mix of cascading climate impacts hammers B.C.By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tofino, BC – When a Tofino Air floatplane struck an Ahousaht First Nation water taxi in the Tofino Harbour on Oct. 18, vessel operators started raising questions over the lack of regulation in the open water.
Continue reading Floatplane collisions in Tofino harbour ignite safety concernsBy Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Five new reports bring human health to the forefront of the climate mitigation conversation in an attempt to empower communities and decision-makers to consider local impacts when deciding on low-carbon infrastructure.
“It’s really an effort to advance the discussions and look at how infrastructure has not only the benefit of reducing emissions, but really improving community health,” said Aline Coutinho, a research associate with the Smart Prosperity Institute who authored two of the reports.
Continue reading No one size fits all when it comes to building healthier and greener communities
By Jake Cardinal, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
(ANNews) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed in B.C. seeking reparations for the province’s birth alert practice that disproportionally affected hundreds of Indigenous and other racialized peoples.
Continue reading Indigenous lawsuit seeks damages from B.C. for disproportionate birth alertsBy Athena Bonneau, The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Penticton Indian Band (PIB) is working with BC Wildfire Serviceon a new wildfire risk reduction project using traditional syilx methods.
“All of the PIB [wildfire risk reduction] projects are informed by Elders and knowledge keepers,” says James Pepper, director of PIB’s natural resource department. “They write the prescriptions, then we implement them.”
Continue reading Penticton Indian Band is using syilx traditional methods to reduce wildfire risk
