National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Interim federal Green Party leader Amita Kuttner is looking to heal wounds and revive relationships with grassroots members after public infighting at the leadership level led to dismal outcomes during the last election.
Continue reading Green Party of Canada Interim Leader Amita Kuttner tours West Coast communitiesClick here for ‘Mosaic visits Cortes Island: A community meeting and forest walk‘
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Lisa Ferentinos wades through underbrush and clambers up a rock bluff before descending into a small ravine dominated by a cluster of old-growth cedars cloaked in moss and lichen.
The Cortes Island resident surveys the small stand of West Coast giants and sighs.
“I get sad thinking they might be gone soon,” Ferentinos said. “But then I decide that’s just not going to happen.”
Continue reading Cortes Island tree-lovers prepare to tussle with logging giantNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A remarkable coral garden tucked away in a remote inlet on B.C.’s wild central coast is in danger unless the federal government takes immediate steps to save it from destruction before prawn fishing season gets underway, conservationists say.
Heavy prawn traps and ropes, which make contact with the seabed, are particularly destructive to the delicate red tree corals, or Primnoa pacifica, in a unique area in the centre of Knight Inlet, said professional diver, filmmaker and naturalist Neil McDaniel.
Continue reading Rare cold-water coral garden in peril on B.C. coastNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A remote coastal First Nation has weaned a third of its homes off fossil fuels, making climate gains communities in the rest of B.C. can only aspire to.
To further its clean energy transition, Heiltsuk Nation has lined up another $5 million in funding to provide an additional 250 homes in Bella Bella with energy-efficient heat pumps over the next year. Once they are in, 90 per cent of the community’s households will have dramatically reduced their carbon footprint.
Continue reading Heiltsuk Nation’s clean energy conversion efforts ahead of curve in B.C.National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Environmental groups are hoisting red flags as the cruise ship season relaunches after the easing of COVID restrictions on the West Coast despite Ottawa’s recent announcement it will roll out stricter wastewater dumping rules.
The federal government’s proposed environmental regulations are ambiguous, but signal Transport Canada is starting to acknowledge cruise ships have been taking advantage of Canada’s lax standards to dump billions of litres of dirty water waste along the B.C. coast, said Anna Barford, Stand.earth’s shipping campaigner.
Continue reading Wave of pollution from cruise ships expected regardless of new federal wastewater rules
