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Coastal First Nations: 25th Anniversary Celebration – CFN
December 18, 2025 For all who were able to join us for CFN’s 25th Anniversary Celebration on December 11, in Vancouver, thank you for helping to make it such a meaningful and memorable evening! We also want to thank all those who were unable to join us at the event but have been a part […]
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Keeping up the fight against invasive mussels
Dec. 18, 2025 Summary More than 27,000 watercraft inspections kept B.C. free of invasive mussels in 2025 People transporting a watercraft in B.C. must stop at a watercraft inspection station along the travel route and clean, drain, dry their boats to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species B.C. continues to call on the federal government […]
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Federal Agency Reviewing Impact Assessment Request for Record Ridge Mine as Key Provincial Approvals Remain Outstanding
Dec. 18, 2025 – The Save Record Ridge Action Committee (SRRAC) has announced that the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) is reviewing SRRAC’s request to designate the Record Ridge mine, proposed by the proponent West High Yield Resources Ltd. (TSXV: WHY) (OTCQB: WHYRF), for a federal environmental assessment under the Impact Assessment Act. The […]
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Canada invests $19.6 million to advance Indigenous-led climate action and nature protection
From: Environment and Climate Change Canada December 17, 2025 Today, the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, announced $19.6 million for 82 Indigenous-led stewardship initiatives to support locally led climate solutions, species-at-risk conservation, and First Nations Guardians programs. Indigenous peoples have been stewards of these lands and waters since time […]
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Two new chronic wasting disease cases confirmed in the Kootenays
Dec. 16, 2025 VICTORIA – Summary: Two new confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease detected in the Kootenays Both cases are within B.C.’s existing management zone for the disease Hunters encouraged to submit samples to support surveillance efforts The Province has received confirmation two deer harvested in the Kootenay region have tested positive for chronic […]
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Media advisory – Minister Dabrusin to announce funding for Indigenous-led nature initiatives
From: Environment and Climate Change Canada Media advisory Victoria, British Columbia – December 16, 2025 – Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, will announce support for Indigenous-led stewardship initiatives that will help protect important ecosystems and species, advance locally led climate solutions, and sustain […]
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Tolko Industries Ltd.: Environmental Protection Notice – Application No. 431957
December 15, 2025 Application for a permit amendment under the provisions of the Environmental Management Act. We, Tolko Industries Ltd. –3000 28th St, Vernon, British Columbia V1T 6M1, intend to submit this amendment application to the Director to amend PA-2717, issued November 28, 1975 and amended November 27, 2023, which authorizes air emissions from a […]
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Interactive map charts 250 years of avalanche deaths in Canada – Trail Times
December 15, 2025 Canada’s first recorded avalanche fatalities nearly 250 years ago would have been lost to time if it weren’t for a letter’s postscript. In the early winter of 1782, at the end of correspondence to missionaries, condolences were offered following a local tragedy in the Inuit community of Nain, N.L. “There gathered a […]
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Regional Monitoring System: Technology for Stewardship and Sovereignty – Coastal First Nations
CFN’s Regional Monitoring System is a successful model for Indigenous-led monitoring, encouraging collaboration between Nations and providing sound data for effective decision-making. Image: Doug Neasloss. In its winter edition (Vol 20, Number 4), the Journal of Ocean Technology published a feature article on the Regional Monitoring System (RMS)—the digital platform that Coastal Guardians and other […]
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Indigenous-led innovation advances green hydrogen project in Kamloops – The Environment Journal
December 12, 2025 Elemental Clean Fuels (ECF) is partnering with Sc.wén̓wen Economic Development and Kruger Kamloops Pulp L.P. to advance the Kamloops Clean Energy Centre (KCEC), a proposed 10‑megawatt green hydrogen facility at the Kruger pulp mill in Kamloops, B.C. KCEC is expected to supply 100 per cent of its green hydrogen to Kruger’s kiln, […]
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