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…
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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… -
Protecting the Great Bears: Don’t miss it
Raincoast presents two fantastic evenings in Victoria and Vancouver, March 28 and 29, to discuss ending the trophy hunt of BC’s magnificent coastal grizzlies…
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Art for an Oil-Free Coast carvings and works displayed in Sidney
During the spring and summer of 2014, the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, displayed some incredible art works that are available for purchase as part of our Art for an Oil-Free Coast campaign…
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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… -
Herring: Food for the masses, food for all classes
These little silver fish feed and provide nutrients into the land and wildlife much the same way that salmon do…
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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… -
Hello from Haida Gwaii
Walking down their favourite beach, Sian and Allan were not thinking of oil spills until they found a bright yellow drift card and its message, this could be oil…
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Enbridge -1, Humpbacks – 0
One hundred years ago, British Columbia’s humpback whales had many reasons to fear humans…
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‘Drift card’ project shows potential impact of oil spill
Andrea Woo / The Globe and Mail
A small piece of plywood that washed up in Haida Gwaii shows the potentially massive reach of an oil spill in the Salish Sea, say environmental groups studying the risks…
