Opinion: BC government wants grizzly bears dead
Chris Genovali / Special to the Vancouver Sun
We want these bears dead. This is the message the B.C. government’s “reallocation policy” sends to Raincoast, to British Columbians, and to the world…
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In small Canadian town democracy wins, tar sands lose
Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
In a vote cheered as a victory for democracy, one community in BC has given a flat rejection to a proposed tar sands pipeline… -
British Columbia’s controversial spring grizzly bear hunt now open
Dene Moore CP / The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s controversial spring grizzly bear hunt opened Tuesday, with one of the highest number of hunting authorizations issued in decades… -
It’s in the cards; spread of possible oil spill tracked by ‘drift card’ study
Staff Report / San Juan Journal
Conservation groups from Washington and British Columbia commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by launching 650 ‘drift cards’ along Salish Sea oil tanker routes… -
Grizzly hunt fails test of science, experts say
Stephen Hume / Vancouver Sun
BC’s management of the trophy hunt fails the most basic scientific standards, says a letter from four scientists to the international journal Science… -
What the Exxon Valdez anniversary has to do with Canada’s wild salmon
Misty MacDuffee & Chris Genovali / Huff Post
March 24 marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill… -
Canadian grizzly bears face expanded hunt
Nicola Jones / Nature
As BC prepares to open its annual grizzly hunt, scientists are protesting the provincial government’s decision to increase the kills… -
Where’s the science?
Paul Paquet & Bob Ferris / S.J. Mercury News
Sadly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently shown contempt for both when it comes to the recovery of gray wolves… -
Northern Gateway risks Canada’s wild Pacific salmon
Misty MacDuffee & Chris Genovali / Island Tides
Consequences to Canada’s wild salmon from the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project are not a risk worth taking… -
The economics and ethics of trophy hunting
Judith Lavoie / Focus Magazine
Instead of boosting the profitable bear viewing sector, the BC government is re-opening the grizzly hunt in three areas of the province… -
Ottawa boosts ship surveillance
Amy Smart / Times Colonist
Vancouver Island environmental groups warn that a federal plan to expand marine pollution surveillance won’t be effective against a major spill… -
Plywood ‘cards’ in the ocean help eco-groups map potential oil spills
Sandra McCulloch / Times Colonist
A tiny piece of plywood dropped into the sea off the Saanich Peninsula has been retrieved on Haida Gwaii…
