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B.C. pets rank among the most numerous victims of wildlife traps

The Fur-Bearers is calling for mandatory reporting of pets being caught in wildlife traps.

Apr 14, 2023 6:30 AM Read more >

Opinion: How a Supreme Court case could decide the future of Canadian climate policy

Canada’s federal Impact Assessment Act seeks to minimize the environmental impacts of major economic projects. Will the Supreme Court uphold the act?

Apr 13, 2023 10:00 PM Read more >

Salvaging the sacred from climate disaster

“Things like middens and old village sites … they can start to erode away and then that information is lost."

Apr 13, 2023 8:00 PM Read more >

Canadian bank world's top fossil fuel financier, report finds

The Royal Bank of Canada was found to be the number one financing institution backing fossil fuel projects, a new report has found. The bank is currently facing an investigation by the Competition Bureau for greenwashing.

Apr 13, 2023 6:00 PM Read more >

Players file injunction against SFU to reinstate football program

Notice of civil claim alleges SFU breached its contract with players.

Apr 13, 2023 5:36 PM Read more >

B.C. seasonal forecast suggests long cool spring, flood risk in high snowpack regions

VICTORIA — A long, cool and wet spring is in the forecast for British Columbia, but temperatures are expected to start rising next month, increasing the risk of flooding in creeks, streams and rivers. B.C.

Apr 13, 2023 4:49 PM Read more >

Why Canadian cattle markets are matching record highs

Cow prices have reached $132 per hundredweight, the highest since September 2015

Apr 13, 2023 4:45 PM Read more >

Health minister says stiffer rules could prevent over-prescribing to U.S. patients

Concern over potential drug shortages arose after a Texas-based doctor licensed in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for Ozempic over three months, but for people living in the United States.

Apr 13, 2023 4:32 PM Read more >

Ongoing instability keeping Canadians in 'permacrisis,' expert says

“(From) a consumer public perspective this is a really difficult period to live in, which means we have higher volatility and unpredictability in how people are going to react to issues from day to day," public opinion researcher David Coletto says.

Apr 13, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

A dozen more addiction centres coming for youth in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Youth in British Columbia will soon have more access to mental health and addiction services at a dozen new Foundry centres.

Apr 13, 2023 3:35 PM Read more >