North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) has no time frame to make a decision regarding Route 5 bus service between Campbell River and the north Island, stranding locals who rely on bus service to travel down island.
Route 5 is the only pubic transportation option connecting the Tri-Port towns to the rest of Vancouver Island.
Continue reading Still No Public Transportation To North IslandNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The results of a new wild salmon study are skin crawling: 94 per cent of wild salmon fry in the Discovery Islands — to the east of Campbell River — had sea lice attached. The infected fry hosted an average of seven of the parasitic lice.
Continue reading Sea Lice Outbreak Prompts First Nations Call For salmon Farm ClosuresNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A move by the province to promote the use of mass timber in new buildings is being lauded by one B.C.-based manufacturer.
Continue reading BC Government’s Hopes for Mass TimberNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kuterra Salmon, started by the ‘Namgis First Nation in 2013 to demonstrate that on-land fish farming was possible, has been leased to American investor Emergent Holdings for 15 years.
Continue reading Kuterra leased to US investment firmNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sweat sticks, clogged with dust. Mosquitoes whine madly. Muscles are knotted, feet burning, a 20-pound sack of tree seedlings rubs a hip with every trudging step, building on a nasty, season-long blister. It’s been nine hours on this mountainside, with every planted tree worth 17 cents.
Step. Dig. Plant. Step. Dig. Plant.
Finally back at the truck, a mask has to be put on a grimy face, and then it’s back with the same three people as yesterday. And the day before. And the 20 days before that. Tomorrow will see it all repeated.
This is tree-planting in the time of COVID-19.
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