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Just six corporations controlled 26 percent of all B.C. fishing licences in 2019, according to research presented at last week’s Fisheries for Communities Conference. “The value of fish caught should ...

The existence of Sasquatch–a Salish word for a large, hairy, ape-like North American mammal also called Bigfoot–is hotly debated. The body of an actual Sasquatch has never been found. But that hasn’t ...

Stan is one of the last remaining contracted creekwalkers in BC – he estimates from north Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert, there are only five left. Photo Credit: Roland Gockel. Stan Hutchings is ...

Prince Rupert crab fisher Chelsey Ellis working on a boat. Photo Credit: Chelsey Ellis Photography If you’ve ever wondered how, where, and when that Dungeness crab on your plate was caught, Prince ...

An oil tanker at the terminus of the Transmountain Pipeline. TMX's port in Burnaby is too shallow for modern supertankers. Vancouver Island communities along the South Coast are coming together to ...

British Columbia has entered its Liquified Natural Gas LNG (LNG) era – and it might not be as clean as its proponents may have you think. Public health experts are concerned that the impact of ...

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"Indigenous guardians are the eyes and ears of their lands and waters. They don’t just monitor and manage their territories, they practice and embody their laws, know where their family lineages lie ...

“Our hearts go out to all those affected by the fire. The loss is felt by many near and far. Should you need help with anything we are sure the North Island will come together to help,” said Port ...

This is why what Cermaq Canada, a Norwegian fish farming conglomerate owned by Mitsubishi, is doing in Clayoquot Sound is perplexing many concerned citizens. First Nations and environmentalists are ...

When the Rivers Inlet sockeye runs collapsed in the 1990s, following thousands of years of incredible abundance, the First Nations community of Wuikinuxv was brought to its knees. Now, says Chief ...