12+ hour, 17+ min ago  (554+ words) Indigenous response to a fast-moving crisis In Canada's northwest, glaciers play a pivotal role in climate resilience and planning, and they are melting at historic rates. Glacial retreat will also expose previously hidden geology ripe for mineral exploration and extraction....

18+ hour, 26+ min ago  (1154+ words) Organic farm in an urban desert Sole Food Street Farms by Jonah Jung In a forest of downtown Vancouver condos stands a farm built from a vacant lot. As the sun rises, a warm breeze sweeps across the fields, plants,…...

19+ hour, 4+ min ago  (449+ words) First Nations Leadership Council gives future generations a voice A common theme in climate action is preserving the natural world for future generations: the future parents, teachers, decision-makers, knowledge-holders, and storytellers. Right now, Indigenous youth across BC are witnessing the…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (101+ words) Watershed Sentinel Supply-chain failures, drought-related crop losses, and price shocks have left one in four Canadians struggling with food security. In this new era, we are facing the consequences of sacrificing entire ecosystems and watersheds for cheap lumber and pulp....

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (775+ words) Who pays for BC's rising flood costs? When floodwaters surged over the banks of Dove Creek and Tsolum River in the Comox Valley recently, roads buckled, culverts failed, and hundreds of acres of Vancouver Island farmland disappeared beneath brown water....

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (692+ words) Washington shows that protecting ancient trees is simple Cedar cut by Teal Cedar on Edinburgh Mountain in 2025 by Joshua Wright "Surely old-growth logging won't be happening in five years." That was my belief in 2020, when I was a 17-year-old activist…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (368+ words) US Appeals Court ruling adds pressure on Canadian regulators, as poll shows 83% of Canadians want mandatory labelling of GM foods November 3, 2025 (Ottawa) A United States federal court of appeals ruling that companies must label genetically modified processed foods in US…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (832+ words) Genetically modified seeds now being sold to home growers The Purple Tomato" by Norfolk Healthy Produce One year ago, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) warned of the new threat of "backyard GMOs" " genetically modified salad green seeds marketed to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (615+ words) Beaver by Tim Umphreys / Unsplash Back in May 2023, my small M'tis community of around 300 people, East Prairie M'tis Settlement, was devastated by a wildfire. Located in Treaty 8 territory, our community " also known as Pahkan-Wacis in Cree " is rural and has…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (446+ words) Kus-kus-sum and our relationship with land and water In winter 2025, a barge carrying a crane moved slowly into the Courtenay River estuary to remove the last remains of the old sawmill. For weeks, 20-metre-long rusty steel pilings were wrenched from…...