Kick off to Bella Bella Bear Season
The 2014 field season of grizzly research in the Great Bear Rainforest is underway; being led by Raincoast and the Heiltsuk Nation…
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Bear and salmon research in Heiltsuk Territory
Check out the work to date on our Salmon Carnivore project in Heiltsuk Territory on BC’s coast…
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Canadian mint is printing coins depicting
Raincoast’s Chris Genovali responds in the Vancouver Sun to advocates for downlisting humpback whales…
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Celebrate World Oceans Day
Join us to celebrate! Sunday June 8th from 11am to 3pm in Beacon Park (Sidney), sponsored by Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre…
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Critics say Canada shouldn’t have taken Humpback Whales off the Endangered Species List
David P. Ball / VICE
The Canadian government’s announcement that it’s knocking humpback whales off its endangered species list has critics pulling their “Save the whales!” signs from the 1980s out of storage… -
Comment: Down-listing puts humpbacks in jeopardy
Misty MacDuffee & Chris Genovali
Times Colonist
The federal government intends to down-list the status of North Pacific humpback whales… -
Humpback whales rebound from near extinction, move down on at-risk species list
Mark Hume / The Globe and Mail
The change, made quietly over the Easter weekend, removes one environmental hurdle for proposed pipeline projects in British Columbia… -
Feds removal of humpback whales from at-risk list questioned
David P. Ball / 24 hours Vancouver
Humpback whales were removed from Canada’s species-at-risk list Tuesday, a decision some scientists allege was fast-tracked under political pressure… -
Ottawa removing North Pacific humpback whales from list of ‘threatened’ species
Peter O’Neil / Vancouver Sun
The Harper government is downgrading the protection of the North Pacific humpback whale despite objections from a clear majority of groups that were consulted… -
Earth Day for an Oil-Free Coast
For Earth Day 2014 Raincoast has teamed up with the Sierra Club BC to bring you an evening of inspiration and entertainment headlined by renowned artist Robert Bateman…
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‘Drift cards’ found washing ashore
Cali Bagby / Islands Sounder
Last week Sukima Hampton was walking on a friend’s private beach west of Eastsound when she was horrified to find a pink card with the words “This could be oil” printed on it… -
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…
