A full year after the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat spill near Bella Bella, BC, the Heiltsuk Nation is still dealing with the effects, and is now preparing a legal case against both the polluter, Kirby Corporation, and Canadian governments. Continue reading Heiltsuk Nation turns to courts a year after diesel spill and botched response
Canada’s Federal Government and Coastal First Nations have agreed on a framework for working together in a collaborative and efficient way to govern and manage fisheries resources along BC’s North and Central Coast. Continue reading Canada and BC’s Coastal First Nations are working together to manage marine resources
Canada’s plan to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will require substantial changes in how we make decisions affecting water. Continue reading New report assesses implications of UNDRIP on water governance in Canada
First Nations along BC’s North and Central Coast are reiterating their position against the Province’s bear trophy hunt as the grizzly hunting season opens for fall 2017. Continue reading First Nations respond as the 2017 fall grizzly trophy hunt opens
Last spring, Canadians watched, horrified, as residents of Fort McMurray, Alta. were forced to flee their community as a nearby … Continue reading How artificial intelligence could help predict major forest fires | Canadian Geographic
First Nations, scientists and environmental groups are applauding the BC Government for keeping its promise to end the trophy bear hunt. Continue reading Coastal First Nations react to BC’s announcement to end Trophy Bear Hunt
Pacific Salmon Foundation – Uninterrupted will transform Vancouver’s Cambie Bridge into a wild BC river this summer, immersing audiences in … Continue reading Trailer: Uninterrupted – a salmon spectacle
Victoria (May 4th, 2017) – A time lapse map of Vancouver Island has been released showing the demise of the … Continue reading Time Lapse Forest Cover Map Shows the Progressive Demise of Vancouver Island’s Old-Growth Forests over the past Century
Dr. Andrew Weaver, one of Canada’s most respected climate scientists, left the ivory tower to run for the legislature with … Continue reading Podcast: Andrew Weaver on #StopKM, The Wayne Gretzky Effect and Leading the BC Green Party
The Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could wipe out the Southern Resident Orcas, but Justin Trudeau’s government approved the … Continue reading Podcast: Dyna Tuytel talks about EcoJustice, Alexandra Morton, the Species at Risk Act and the National Energy Board
Dr. David Suzuki is Canada’s most iconic environmentalist and at 81 he’s more passionate than ever about saving the world … Continue reading Podcast: David Suzuki on Donald Trump, Fake News, Justin Trudeau and Pipeline Politics
April 9, 2017 OWL (Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society) is a rehabilitation and education centre established for the rescue, rehabilitation and … Continue reading OWL Open House
April 7, 2017 Vancouver – The federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, received a legal application for an … Continue reading BC government urged to protect endangered caribou habitat
Join us as we celebrate Surrey’s 13th annual Arbor Day – a day to celebrate trees! Continue reading Surrey Arbor Day
Explore and learn about nature in Surrey with this series of over 100 free programs and events. Continue reading 20th Annual Surrey Environmental Extravaganza, April 22 – June 11
A 10-year research study suggests local displacement by human impacts may have more consequences than previously thought for humpback whales. Continue reading New pattern of humpback whale behavior discovered on BC’s North Coast
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project approval flies in the face of precautionary, science-based decision-making, groups say. Continue reading Conservation groups take feds to court over Kinder Morgan approval
