By Hannah Scott, Richmond Sentinel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As the tourism industry restarts across Canada, Vancouver International Airport is beginning to welcome more travellers back.
Continue reading Vancouver Airport welcoming travellers backBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
For Kevin Carpenter, a Heiltsuk gillnetter from Bella Bella, fishing has long been a way of life for him and his community.
“I started on boats when I was like five or six years old,” he told The Narwhal on a call from Prince Rupert.
In fact, he said he was preparing his boat for the fishing season a few weeks ago when he heard an announcement that would send him and the entire commercial fishing community reeling.
Continue reading Sweeping reductions to BC’s commercial salmon fisheriesBy John Woodside, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After a groundswell of opposition to GNL Québec’s multibillion-dollar natural gas project, the provincial government has rejected the plan. Now advocates say it’s time for other governments to follow suit.
The $14-billion proposal would have moved fracked natural gas from northern British Columbia and Alberta to a liquefaction plant and export terminal at the Port of Saguenay. The company was aiming to export 11 million tonnes per year. GNL Québec said it would be a carbon-neutral facility by offsetting its “direct” greenhouse gas emissions, and that it would help offset dirtier pollutants, like oil or coal, around the world.
Continue reading Quebec rejects $14 Billion LNG projectBy Kelsie Kilawna, The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As devastating wildfires spread through B.C.’s interior, skawilx (Sarah Alexis) says there’s a parallel crisis that demands attention and action — droughts.
Continue reading Drastic droughts on the horizon, if syilx laws not upheldBy Michael Potestio, Kamloops This Week, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mona Jules recalls the Kamloops Indian Residential School sounding like a beehive when she arrived at the age of six in the late 1940s.
Being fluent in her own Indigenous language, Jules said she couldn’t understand anyone.
“The buzzing and the noise. I just looked form face to face. I couldn’t understand anything,” she said.
Leona Thomas remembers her first day, entering that school at the age of six in 1958, and being pried from her brother’s back and split up.
Continue reading Kamloops Indian Residential School Survivors share their stories
