BC Environment & Climate Change
Climate protesters block busy downtown Vancouver intersection | Vancouver Sun
Rural municipalities are overwhelmed with soil from construction sites as CRD runs out of room
Unlikely allies aim to stop catastrophic environmental degradation – Reporting – Focus on Victoria
Clayoquot Action – Posts | Facebook
Fisher habitat at risk of decline near Prince George: B.C. forestry watchdog – My Prince George Now
BC Bear Alliance composed of dozens of advocacy groups announced – Pique Newsmagazine
B.C. didn’t effectively manage conservation lands program: auditor general | CTV News
Expansion of natural gas infrastructure and usage is incompatible… – In-Sights
BC Abruptly Cancels Climate Action Grants for Municipalities | The Tyee
Sylvia Dolson: A love letter to Cowboy | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly
Tour operators oppose fish farm company’s plans to dump pesticide off B.C. coast | CTV News
Province not protecting fisher habitat, Forest Practices Board says – Prince George Citizen
B.C. government ending climate-action program for municipalities | CBC News
LETTER: B.C. watersheds should be protected – Lake Country Calendar
B.C. failing to meet international biodiversity targets: report
Trevor Hancock: B.C. is now a biodiversity-loss hotspot | Times Colonist
Dozens of bear paws, claws removed, dumped next to Shuswap Lake | Vancouver Sun
Warning Graphic Content: Bear paws dumped into ditch – YouTube
Dozens of bear paws, claws removed, dumped next to Shuswap Lake | Vancouver Sun
Poisons continue to threaten wildlife across B.C. – Vancouver Humane Society
B.C. failing to meet international biodiversity targets: report
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/05/05/stopping-climate-change-mental-health/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-conservation-wildlife-2021-audit/
https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-first-nations-bc-landscape/
https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1512753092393563/
https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2021/05/13/bc-wild-berries-unfit-for-human-and-animal-consumption/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-mines-risks-2021-skeenawild/
https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/posts/846898706255917
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/
https://rabble.ca/news/2021/05/stopping-rain-death-canadas-forests
https://www.facebook.com/PacificWild/photos/a.216579751693162/5962187760465637/
BC Energy, Mines Petroleum Resources
Tell your MLA to stop Tilbury LNG | Wilderness Committee
B.C.’s ‘road map’ to social licence for mining starts with Gibraltar | The Province
Sarah Cox wins World Press Freedom Award for Site C dam investigation
BC Hydro, province ordered to release Site C dam docs to First Nation
BC NDP arming opponents – In-Sights
Deception and duplicity – In-Sights
It’s Time to Kick Gas | The New Yorker
These 12 B.C. mines pose risks to wildlife, water: report | The Narwhal
Does fracked methane deserve ‘natural’ label? | rabble.ca
International Energy Agency ‘Annihilates’ Chance of a Fossil-Fuel Future | The Tyee
Woodside pulls plug on Kitimat LNG – Resources & Agriculture | Business in Vancouver
Fracking likely to create stronger, more common earthquakes in B.C. | Vancouver Sun
Change BC Fracking or Expect Damaging Earthquakes: Report | The Tyee
B.C. to face powerful earthquakes from thousands of fracked wells: study
Palmer: NDP ducks questions about whether Site C cost could soar more | Vancouver Sun
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/indigenous-nation-opposes-jade-mining-in-northwestern-b-c/
https://shipandbunker.com/news/world/264091-ikea-rejects-lng-for-shipping
https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-first-nations-bc-landscape/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/falcons-abbotsford-quarry-1.6027812
https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/posts/846898706255917
https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/letters/letter-b-c-watersheds-should-be-protected/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/
BC Forests, Lands & Natural Resources
Defend Vernon’s Community Watershed
Opinion: Western Canada Must Stop Clearcutting Its “Mother” Trees | The Scientist Magazine®
‘Mother Trees’ Are Real. They Model Sharing and Generosity | The Tyee
Fairy Creek protesters add province to legal appeal – Goldstream News Gazette
Fairy Creek Blockade – Posts | Facebook
Stalled project reveals archaeological conflict between First Nations and B.C. government | CBC News
B.C. ranchers, loggers unite against plan to log rare old-growth rainforest
Fairy Creek blockades illustrate madness of BC’s forestry policy – Forests – Focus on Victoria
Local 537-year-old Douglas Fir utilized for industrial logging – My Prince George Now
In B.C.’s Kispiox Valley, the search is on for sustainable forestry solutions
SPECIAL REPORT: Attack on Forest Defenders, & Fairy Creek – YouTube
B.C. failing to do its part to address global climate, biodiversity | The Province
“Are We Going to Take It All?” On the Moral Reckoning of Clear-Cutting a Forest ‹ Literary Hub
B.C.’s management of lands, fish and wildlife inadequate: AG report
Auditor General Says BC Is Failing to Protect Critical Wildlife Habitat | The Tyee
B.C. ‘shouldn’t have approved’ plan that failed to protect Nahmint old-growth forests: watchdog
Ghost Forest Tree ‘Farts’ Contribute to Climate Change, Study Finds
Lost jobs and log decks – YouTube
B.C. timber agency didn’t adequately protect old forest on Vancouver Island: watchdog | CTV News
BC wild berries – Unfit for human and animal consumption? – Prince George Daily News
‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’ | The Tyee
Scientists urge B.C. to immediately defer logging in key old-growth forests
Old-growth forest experts release map urging B.C. to act quickly on logging deferrals | CTV News
BC’s Cynical Attack on Old-Growth Forests | The Tyee
Git’luuhl’um’hetxwit – Defending our Birthright – YouTube
LETTER: Quitting the NDP over old growth – Nelson Star
From B.C. forest to U.K. furnace: wood-pellet demand drives logging in Canada
Logging protesters rally through Victoria to B.C. legislature – Goldstream News Gazette
Fight over old-growth logging in Caycuse Valley heats up | Ricochet
Press releases | Wilderness Committee
Log of 300-year-old spruce shown in Conservation North video – Prince George Citizen
When will B.C. stop logging old-growth trees? – Pique Newsmagazine
INTERVIEW: Tzeporah Berman at River HQ – YouTube
We need a law to protect biodiversity and species at risk | Wilderness Committee
Arrests made at Fairy Creek protests over trees being cut – New West Record
B.C.’s old-growth forest panel expert Garry Merkel weighs in on Fairy Creek
Victoria seniors join protest at Fairy Creek | Times Colonist
(1) Rolling Justice Bus – Posts | Facebook
Canadian news orgs file legal action for press freedom at Fairy Creek
Comment: B.C. NDP must keep its old-growth promises | Times Colonist
Importance of Watersheds In British Columbia – Protect Glade Watershed
Vaughn Palmer: Greens succeed in embarrassing NDP on environmental issues | Vancouver Sun
What you need to know about old growth trees in B.C. — and the threats facing them | CBC News
Trevor Hancock: B.C. flunks international biodiversity targets | Times Colonist
B.C. launches search for endangered owls in Fairy Creek – The Globe and Mail
Still More Mystery Surrounds that Giant Log | The Tyee
https://www.ecowatch.com/biodiversity-loss-global-economy-2652963149.html
https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-first-nations-bc-landscape/
https://www.facebook.com/ancientforestalliance/photos/pcb.4100916643336225/4100903700004186/
https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/letters/letter-b-c-watersheds-should-be-protected/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/
https://www.facebook.com/ancientforestalliance/posts/4100916643336225
https://www.facebook.com/Project.Democracy.Canada/photos/a.204480172918757/4503225376377527/
https://rabble.ca/news/2021/05/stopping-rain-death-canadas-forests
BC Ministry of Health
More than $100K in living expenses paid to ousted B.C. health-care exec | CTV News
Leaked BCCDC documents shed light on how COVID-19 affecting South Island
A Legacy of Mistrust: Can Indigenous Health Care in BC’s North Turn a Corner? | The Tyee
Paramedic Crisis: Life-and-death calls waiting on hold due to dispatcher shortage
Nisga’a woman plans to file lawsuit against Northern Health – Terrace Standard
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/11/Reporting-Adverse-Vaccine-Effects-Too-Hard-Says-Doctor/
https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2021/05/13/bc-wild-berries-unfit-for-human-and-animal-consumption/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbbx9/science-researcher-mental-health-animal-killing
https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/05/21/bc-indigenous-children-iud-forced/
https://rabble.ca/news/2021/05/stopping-rain-death-canadas-forests
BC Indigenous Relations
Indigenous nation opposes jade mining in northwestern B.C. – Goldstream News Gazette
Inside Blueberry River First Nations’ fight to repair B.C. landscape
Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory – Posts | Facebook
Claims B.C. Indigenous girls forcibly given IUD birth control shock youth advocate
Work underway for forensics experts to identify and repatriate B.C. school remains | CTV News
Kamloops discovery prompts call for formal framework to investigate mass graves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r41B5OXAs4g
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-conservation-wildlife-2021-audit/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/05/13/Why-Do-Police-Keep-Shooting-Nuu-chah-nulth-People/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/17/Legacy-Mistrust-Indigenous-Health-Care-BC-North/
https://www.terracestandard.com/news/nisgaa-woman-plans-to-file-litigation-against-northern-health/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/17/Legacy-Mistrust-Indigenous-Health-Care-BC-North/
BC Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Animal Justice – New Report Questions Biosecurity as Justification for Ag Gag Laws
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-urban-standards-fraser-river-salmon.html
https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1512753092393563/
https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2021/05/13/bc-wild-berries-unfit-for-human-and-animal-consumption/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbbx9/science-researcher-mental-health-animal-killing
https://rabble.ca/news/2021/05/stopping-rain-death-canadas-forests
BC Solicitor and Attorney Generals, BC Courts
Downtown Eastside Residents Say They Were Taunted and Harassed by Two Police Officers | The Tyee
B.C.’s police complaint commissioner to oversee response to handcuffed judge in Vancouver | CTV News
https://www.cheknews.ca/nuu-chah-nulth-leader-calls-for-police-worn-body-cameras-787458/
https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-first-nations-bc-landscape/
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/05/13/Why-Do-Police-Keep-Shooting-Nuu-chah-nulth-People/
https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/posts/846898706255917
https://bccla.org/news/2021/05/21026/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-fairy-creek-press-freedom-legal-action/
British Columbia & Premier
Natural Gas and Biomass Now Deadlier Than Coal • Children’s Health Defense
Government scientists fought Site C quarry that threatens endangered bats
IKEA Rejects LNG for Shipping – Ship & Bunker
Vaughn Palmer: NDP-Green rancour gets a workout in the legislature | Vancouver Sun
BC Government Criticized for Secrecy around $500-Million Investment Fund | The Tyee
Vaughn Palmer: NDP again flouts promises of ‘transparency’ | Vancouver Sun
Ancient Forest Alliance – Posts | Facebook
https://vancouversun.com/news/climate-protesters-block-busy-downtown-vancouver-intersection
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/tell-your-mla-stop-tilbury-lng
https://www.facebook.com/FairyCreekBlockade/photos/a.122115362943562/281962760292154/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/05/05/stopping-climate-change-mental-health/
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/photos/a.1634627923419346/2847865538762239
https://in-sights.ca/2021/05/10/expansion-of-natural-gas-infrastructure-and-usage-is-incompatible/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/05/11/deception-and-duplicity/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-conservation-wildlife-2021-audit/
https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-wells-and-heart-attacks-2652964914.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/its-time-to-kick-gas
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/14/BC-Abruptly-Cancels-Climate-Action-Grants-Municipalities/
https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-first-nations-bc-landscape/
https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1512753092393563/
https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2021/05/13/bc-wild-berries-unfit-for-human-and-animal-consumption/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-mines-risks-2021-skeenawild/
https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/posts/846898706255917
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=6018058821541334&set=gm.397624154619353
https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2021/05/does-fracked-methane-deserve-natural-label
https://biv.com/article/2021/05/iea-declares-golden-age-natural-gas-lng-over
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-forest-deferrals-scientists-2021/
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2021/05/19/BC-Cynical-Attack-Old-Growth-Forests/
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=308728277489974&set=a.208200407542762
https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/letter-quitting-the-ndp-over-old-growth/
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/photos/a.1634627923419346/2856306047918188/
https://ricochet.media/en/3657/fight-over-old-growth-logging-in-caycuse-valley-heats-up
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/21/International-Energy-Agency-Annihilates-Chance-Fossil-Fuel/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/
https://bccla.org/news/2021/05/21026/
https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/05/21/bc-indigenous-children-iud-forced/
https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158626738949221/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJBWG-rZ98k
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/we-need-law-protect-biodiversity-and-species-risk
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-forest-fairy-creek-panel-garry-merkel/
https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/victoria-seniors-join-protest-at-fairy-creek-1.24322720
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4118940064830322&set=a.138555086202193
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/26/Change-BC-Fracking-Expect-Damaging-Earthquakes/
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10159512283852292&set=a.10152143359997292
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-fracking-earthquakes-study/
https://www.facebook.com/HIGHLANDS.NotOK/photos/pcb.3033264666903393/3033264606903399/
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/posts/2860449254170534
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-fairy-creek-press-freedom-legal-action/
https://www.facebook.com/Gitluuhlumhetxwit/photos/a.105361195084776/105343685086527/
https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/photos/a.1634627923419346/2861277680754358/