On May 12th, Eileen Sowerby from the Quadra Island Salmon Enhancement Society (QISES) gave the Strathcona Regional District Board a presentation about the three threats to Quadra Island’s wild salmon: salmon farms, logging and climate change
Continue reading Three threats to Quadra Island wild salmonBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Clear plastic bags hang from small spigots plugged into birch trunks in a mixed stand of deciduous and coniferous trees on a hillside above the Kispiox River in northwest B.C. Denzel Sutherland-Wilson and his 19-year-old niece, Hailey Wilson, pour the birch water collected overnight from five trees into a 20-litre bucket, explaining they’ve been doing this every day for a couple of weeks.
Continue reading Searching for solutions in the Kispiox ValleyNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Premier John Horgan is getting failing grades when it comes to protecting B.C.’s old-growth forests, according to a report card issued by a coalition of environmental groups on Thursday.
Continue reading BC is getting failing grades in forestry, report saysThere was a staggered protest against BC’s old growth logging practises in front of MLA Michele Babchuk’s office, in Campbell River, yesterday.
Continue reading Campbell River Staggered protest against BC’s old growth logging practisesThe leaders of BC’s two largest political parties were in Campbell River over the week-end.
Continue reading Election 2020: Party leaders in Campbell River this weekend
