The family and friends of the late Suzy Hamilton are pleased to announce that Jessica Hewitt is being honoured with this year’s Suzy Hamilton Legacy Award. The cash award is presented annually to a female-identified or non-binary volunteer environmental activist in the West Kootenay region, who embodies the environmental and social activism for which Suzy […]

Local property owners and community members in Quesnel Lake have won a halt on cutblocks proposed by logging giant West Fraser. The corporation has agreed not to proceed with parts of its planned operations that residents say threatened their public safety and the recovery and survival of endangered southern mountain caribou. Several additional cutblocks are […]

BC Hydro is hosting an open house on Thursday, May 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Beaver Valley Curling Club located at 125 Pine Ave. in Fruitvale for the Seven Mile Water Use Plan Order Review and application for a Fisheries Act Authorization. This work is being initiated by BC Hydro as part […]

The sooner the world moves on from coal, oil and gas power, the better off we’ll all be. Climate and pollution impacts will be reduced, as will energy price and supply volatility, the wealth gap and global conflict. “But we can’t get off fossil fuels overnight,” people have been saying for at least the past […]

With files from the Save Record Ridge Action Committee (SRRAC) The first case: WHY challenged the right of the Sinixt to participate in the upcoming judicial review.  Details below. A procedural hearing was held on Tuesday, April 14 at the Rossland Courthouse ahead of a judicial review scheduled for May. That review will examine the […]

You’re invited to get a first-hand look at cutting-edge sustainability features showcased at a pair of buildings in Castlegar, Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus and the Confluence building, at a tour on Thursday, April 23. The first stop is Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus. Moving from the main building to the Mir Centre for Peace, the tour will […]

It has become a habit to check the gas price every time I leave the neighbourhood. I would not have imagined that I would be seeing prices over $2.00 per litre a few months ago. Since I don’t yet own an electric vehicle, I choose ecodriving techniques to save money and realize that my choice […]

In Canada, progress on social and ecological justice often faces roadblocks. When women got the right to vote here in 1918, organizations sprang up to argue voting was incompatible with women’s “traditional roles.” When universal health care was introduced in the 1960s, doctors in Saskatchewan went on strike, accusing the government of exercising too much […]

When large tracts of forest are clear-cut, we lose more than the trees and their shelter and all the other plant and animal species they nurture and protect; we also lose water. Our demands for water are increasing. Growing populations, water-hungry industries (including fracking and nuclear power production) and the growth of data centres all […]

Canada is among the world’s most resource-rich countries. Forty per cent of its land is covered in forests. It holds 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves. It’s the fourth-largest crude oil exporter. It produces more than 60 minerals and metals and ranks in the top five for 14 of them — critical to […]