Originally published on Greenpeace International
Editors Note: Rex Weyler is now a resident of Cortes Island – Part 1 of this series is published here and Part 2 is here.
From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. Here are a dozen photographs from those years and some memories that they evoke.
Continue reading A photographer looks back at Greenpeace’s early years – Part 3National 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.qathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For decades, the Salish Sea’s herring nearly disappeared, starving local salmon, whales and other species. The run miraculously came back in 2014.
Since then, Ottawa has allowed commercial boats to harvest 20 per cent of the herring run – in spite of lobbying by First Nations and environmental groups.
Continue reading Herring cut not enough, says west coast First NationBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
From a bridge above train tracks in New Hazelton, B.C., supporters of the Gitxsan Nation watched on Nov. 18, as Gitxsan children and teens tossed marshmallows at a fleet of heavily-armed RCMP units descending upon the tiny town in the northwest part of the province.
“They had tactical units, sniper teams and riot suppression gear and we had children with marshmallows,” Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, a Gitxsan member of Wilp (house group) Git’luuhl’um’hetxwit, told The Narwhal in an interview.
Continue reading ‘We are not here to get killed’: Wet’suwet’en solidarity actions met with armed police responseThe Province of British Columbia will be bringing fast reliable internet to remote communities like Cortes Island, Quadra Island and Zeballos by the fall of 2021.
Continue reading Bringing fast reliable internet to Cortes and Quadra this fall
