With more COVID-19 restrictions lifted and Canadians embarking on summer vacations, wildlife sightings — and collisions with vehicles — are more likely to involve turtles. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is asking motorists to give turtles a brake. The conservation organization is shining a light on declining turtle ...

To The Editor: Good afternoon, I just returned to work after a lunch break walk up and down Baker Street, which I do regularly. I have to say, I'm quite disappointed at the lack of respect people are paying to physical distancing and the prevention of the transmission of COVID. I was wearing a mask and so were maybe, six (6)...

To The Editor: I was happy to open my mailbox recently to find a newsletter from our Member of Parliament.  MPs are encouraged to keep in touch with their constituents. There is no cost to MP’s budgets to send us information,  nor for you to send responses and concerns to your MP. I appreciate our MP’s interest in gas prices....

A strong majority of British Columbians across the political spectrum — and throughout the province — support the provincial government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and believe further government action is key to a successful recovery, a new survey commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office...

To The Editor: The BC government is asking for public input on how to set priorities for our province over the coming months. At the core of the discussion is how the $1.5 billion Economic Recovery Fund will be spent, as well as plans for next year’s budget. Wildsight encourages all to fill out the government survey and...

To The Editor: What have the B.C. and Canadian Governments got themselves and their taxpayers into? The $40 billion LNG Canada project was to be the largest private sector and natural resource investment in Canadian history. Now prospects for nearly half of the world's projects to build infrastructure for exporting liquefied...

“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” – Aldous Huxley  We humans too easily turn wants into needs and now we are struggling collectively with the problem of excessive wants. For many decades, human activity has been intensifying the negative effects on...

Workers in Canada — across all income levels — pay higher personal income tax rates than workers in the United States, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Our high income tax rates can deter professionals, entrepreneurs and businessowners...

Roy Edward Conroy, known to everyone as Ed, was born October 21, 1946 in Rossland, BC, the first born of his parents Ed and Irene Conroy. Ed died on June 26, at Vancouver General Hospital due to complications following surgery for a broken hip. He was 73. Ed lived in Rossland for a few years before his parents moved back to...

Every nation plays an important role in stopping wildlife extinction. Here in Canada, we have an estimated 80,000 known wild species. They range from pygmy shrew to polar bear, and from stellate sedge to Sitka spruce. Canada plays a critical role in protecting many of these plants and animals. Most of the world’s lakeside...