Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Every child who has ever explored a West Coast shore relishes the discovery of a sea star, with its bumpy skin, jumble of arms and striking colours.
But the once common treasure of the tidal pool is at risk of being eradicated along the Pacific coastline from a deadly combination of disease and warming oceans caused by climate change, said biologist Alyssa Gehman.
Continue reading Sea Star On Brink of ExtinctionBy Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The B.C. Government and Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG) hope to bring more certainty and clarity for tenure holders as an organization representing businesses west of Williams Lake continues to allege land claim negotiations are being done in secret.
Continue reading ‘Secret’ Government Negotiations With the Tsilhqot’in National Government, Or Maybe Not So SecretEditor’s note: On June 10, 2020: Fisheries and Oceans Canada told a Commons committee that last year’s early runs of Stuart sockeye and chinook salmon weren’t able to pass the Big Bar landslide, north of Lillooet. About 60,000 fish were subsequently helped over the slide and another 220,000 were able to swim through after the Fraser River’s water volume dropped.
By Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Fraser River salmon have begun arriving in larger numbers at the site of the Big Bar landslide.
Continue reading Salmon Reaching The Big Bar LandslideBy Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
When Robert Billyard asked a doctor for a beer just before 9 a.m., no one in his hospital room was shocked. They were too relieved. It was the first coherent sentence the 77-year-old had spoken since being placed in an induced coma while his body fought COVID-19 for more than a month at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.
Continue reading They Knew Robert Would Make It When He Asked For A BeerBy Carl Meyer, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A British Columbia legislator says the province’s anticipated strategic review of old-growth forest management is coming by late summer or early fall, and will include “immediate actions.”
Continue reading MLA Promises Immediate Actions For Old Growth Forests – After The Review
