By Chelsea Kemp, Brandon Sun, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Already scrambling to adjust to current supply chain woes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, local businesses are now concerned with the potential effects record-breaking rainfall and flooding in B.C. — which have closed highways and cut off rail access to Canada’s biggest port — will have here at home.
Continue reading Supply chain crunch a ‘nightmare’ for local businessesBy John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Extreme weather fuelled by climate breakdown is exposing the vulnerability of key infrastructure in British Columbia and is reviving questions among environmentalists and residents about building the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline.
Continue reading TMX pipeline and BC’s climate tragedyThe opinions you are about to hear belong to the people expressing them and are not necessarily shared by Cortes Radio, it’s board, staff, producers, volunteers or listeners.
Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island and Dr. David Suzuki will host a Funeral for the Future in Victoria this Saturday. It starts at 12:30 PM in Centennial Square, after which participants will march to Bellevue street opposite the Provincial Legislature.
Continue reading This Saturday in Victoria: A Funeral for the FutureBy 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.As the world prepares for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to open in Glasgow, on October 31st, it is also absorbing the news that no matter what we do global temperatures will continue to rise until 2050.
Continue reading COP 26: Time is running out!
