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By Jude Isabella, Slate
Someone shot a grizzly bear in Heiltsuk Territory, in Kwatna Inlet, part of the Great Bear Rainforest. The killer? Clayton Stoner, an NHL defenseman for the Minnesota Wild…
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun
A new scientific study reports that grizzly bear mortalities exceed government targets in half the areas where hunting is permitted. This earns another “ho hum” from provincial wildlife authorities…
By Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist
Trophy hunting is threatening B.C.’s grizzly bear populations scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University have found…
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
The number of grizzly bears killed in B.C. exceeded government targets in half the areas where the province permitted hunting of the species, a new study released Wednesday concludes…
By Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
The B.C. government has long justified its controversial grizzly bear hunt by saying it’s based on sound science…
Scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, SFU, and UVIC have authored the first peer-reviewed study of BC’s controversial grizzly bear management…
By Cara Mckenna, The Harbour City Star
Brian Falconer, a Protection Island resident, lives on Achiever for up to seven months per year while he is on research trips to the Great Bear Rainforest…
By Sarah Petrescu, Times Colonist
Melissa Frey and a group of friends were walking along the beach when they spotted yellow pieces of plywood stamped with a simple message: This could be oil…
By Sean McIntyre, Gulf Islands Driftwood
Anti-pipeline campaigners want Gulf Islands residents to look for hundreds of postcard-sized wooden cards released into the Salish Sea…
Join Rainoast and special guests at Science World Nov 7th for an evening of art, photography, music and discussion about keeping our coast oil-free…
Today, Raincoast and Georgia Strait Alliance launch the second phase of a new initiative to study the potential spread of an oil spill in the Salish Sea…
Victoria Times Colonist
Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali discuss the realities of Enbridge’s ads and promises for killer whales…