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How Harvesting Small Trees Could Create a Future for BC Forestry – The Tyee
Nov 28, 2024 Thinning in planted forests can be beneficial for ecosystems and industry. So why isn’t the province doing it yet? It’s just before 9 a.m. at the Prestige Treasure Cove Casino and Bingo Prince George. In the distance, the city’s giant, log-shaped mascot, Mr. PG, grins at me from across the highway. Like […]
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Gitanyow Chiefs Celebrate End of PRGT Pipeline, Plan Indigenous Protected Area to Prevent Pipeline Resurrection, Send Message to Potential Financiers & Investors
Nov 27, 2024 Gitanyow Lax’yip, November 25th, 2024 – Today marks the expiry of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline Provincial Environmental Certificate and along side it the out-of-date agreements with provincial governments and the proponent and Gitanyow. After over a year of calling on for a new environmental assessment and protecting the Lax’yip […]
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In North Vancouver Island, Indigenous locals share the area’s rich wildlife on their terms – Canada Voices
28 November 2024 On a midsummer morning, Sherry Moon navigated her boat through thick fog and a maze of deep green islands in British Columbia’s coastal Great Bear Rainforest. “We’re going to my favourite place in the world,” the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation guide said on our way to the remote Thompson Sound, or Xakwikaan, […]
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CFN community members receive Andrew Thompson award for environmental protection
November 27, 2024 Vancouver – Five Coastal First Nations community members are the recipients of the West Coast Environmental Law’s Andrew Thompson award for Indigenous conservation leadership and the defense of Indigenous law. The Andrew Thompson Award was established in 2002 by West Coast Environmental Law (West Coast) and the Thompson family as a legacy […]
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British Columbia LNG pipeline in limbo as it awaits provincial decision – National Observer
November 27th 2024 The fate of a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia is in limbo after its environmental assessment certificate expired on Nov. 25. The province must decide whether to greenlight the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline by either making its decade-old certificate permanent or sending the entire project back to […]
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AI Nobel Laureate donates half of prize money to support local clean water internships – Timmins Times
Nov 22, 2024 Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Laureate for AI contributions, donated $350,000 to Water First, a non-profit organization collaborating with Garden River to enhance local clean water practices. Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, donated half of his $350,000 prize money to Water First, a Canadian charity partnering with […]
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Permit granted for Cariboo Gold Mine
Nov. 21, 2024 VICTORIA – A provincial statutory decision-maker has granted Barkerville Gold Mines, owned by Osisko Development Corporation, an operating permit under the Mines Act for its Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, in east-central B.C. The permitting process for the project was completed in 13 months, following a rigorous technical review conducted by a […]
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Can a new B.C. government imagine real economic reconciliation? – The Narwhal
Nov. 20, 2024 What if, instead of clinging to tired frameworks, the government actually used its power to support true justice for Indigenous youth? On Monday, as the newly elected B.C. cabinet was sworn in, I wondered if this government was up to the task of advancing true and meaningful economic justice for Indigenous people. […]
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Understanding Seismicity: New Annual Dataset Now Available
Vancouver, BC – November 19, 2024 – New data from monitoring seismic events related to natural gas development (hydraulic fracturing and wastewater disposal) in British Columbia’s Northeast Region is now available from an annual BC Seismic Research Consortium report. The new data further adds to more than a decade of research into induced seismicity (earthquakes) […]
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Updates to Minette Bay South Saltmarsh
Nov 20, 2024 In 2022, LNG Canada completed construction of a saltmarsh habitat offset on the southwestern bank of Minette Bay. This work enhances local fish habitat by extending the saltmarshes, which provide value for foraging and rearing. We have monitored the effectiveness of the saltmarsh over the last three years and determined that some […]
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