“Every breath is a sacrament, an essential ritual.” – David Suzuki Heard any good jokes about clean air lately? How about clean air portrayed in novels, plays, movies, television, paintings, or songs? Given how important breathing is to humans, isn’t it strange that clean air gets so little exposure in our popular culture? ...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the government of British Columbia to cancel the carbon tax because it’s not working, according to the provincial government’s data. “When this carbon tax was first hatched, we were told it would make emissions go down, but the opposite is happening, emissions are going up,”...

To The Editor: I am sorely perturbed with the amount of misinformation I have had to endure from friends, family and acquaintances. Particularly those with a penchant for using garbage news. As a student I was shocked when an English teacher remarked that my arguments would have been much better if I had used the Encyclopedia...

I will start with one word, “unacceptable.”  That is how I, and many others view your plan.  The theory of it is sound, based on what we have learned with the various epidemiological crises of our times, beginning with the first SARS outbreak of 2003.  There is no argument about the benefits of physical distancing, frequent...

This week, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is holding a virtual event encouraging people to observe nature and learn more about habitats and species in their backyards and neighbourhoods. NCC’s Big Backyard BioBlitz is part of the non-profit organization’s mandate to connect Canadians with nature. By simply downloading...

By Greg Utzig, M.Sc., Nelson, BC Like many people in the Columbia Basin, I recently received an invitation to comment on the Columbia Basin Trust’s Draft Strategic Plan 2020-2022. As a long-time resident and a scientist who’s worked on climate change-related projects in the Basin, some funded by CBT, I was stunned by what I...

The BC government should immediately appoint an independent panel of geologists and engineers to assess the ongoing geotechnical problems at Site C and whether the unstable ground at the dam construction site could be further compromised by the thousands of fracking-induced earthquakes occurring nearby, says the Canadian...

To The Editor: In this global climate crisis, when the world needs to reduce its CO2 emissions, it seems counter-intuitive to consider extending a coal mine in the Elk Valley (Castle Project).   Consider the following:  •   Metallurgical coal is a cheap energy source for producing steel, but it is not the only energy used to...

Recent ongoing media revelations of abusive, discriminatory  and deadly police practices across Canada, coupled with reports of numerous racist killings and hyper-militarized police actions from south of the border, have led some to demand “defund the police!”  Others have begun using the acronym “acab” – meaning, “all cops...

Some people have land that can grow crops, but they don’t want to farm; others want to farm and can’t find land. The solution – a program that matches people who want to farm with those who have land available to lease, and want it to stay in production or start producing crops. It's called the BC Land Matching Program (BCLMP)....