1+ week, 3+ day ago   (727+ words) Published 8:37 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 By Emma Bolzner/Nelson Star Nelson’s WildSafeBC Community Coordinator, Lisa Thomson, has officially stepped down from her position after a month of emotional stress and online attacks. After a grizzly sow and one of her yearlings…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (251+ words) Published 10:00 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 I am writing to express my concerns regarding the new West Coast Pipeline submitted to the Major Project Office by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. I believe our community must take action. For the past month, almost…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (291+ words) Published 3:03 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 After being bone dry most of the month, August went out with a damper in the North Island area. Chloe Katsademas, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said thanks to a passing storm the total…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (183+ words) Published 2:30 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 I just watched some footage that made me sit back and take a deep breath. It was a social media video of a man driving through Faulder, B.C. on Aug. 11, the entire community — minus a few houses…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (91+ words) Published 8:30 am Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Western Forest Products Inc. Forest Operations Map (FOM) Western Forest Products Inc., Nootka Forest Operation (NFO), gives notice and invites comment on the Forest Operations Map (FOM) FOM-933-18 within the Campbell River Natural Resource District. Please…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (301+ words) Published 7:30 am Tuesday, August 11, 2026 A bat once facing death in a glue trap meant for rodents is ready for release after recuperating at a West Shore wildlife centre. The BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) received the California myotis…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (324+ words) Published 5:30 pm Friday, August 7, 2026 Canada’s biggest taxonomy lab, rooted in Victoria, supporting environmental monitoring programs across the country for decades, is moving to Esquimalt. Biologica Environmental Services Ltd., established in 1994 as a specialized aquatic environmental laboratory, currently houses 34 scientists, technicians,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (444+ words) Published 8:53 pm Thursday, August 6, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News Just over 6 kilometres away from a wildfire evacuation alert area, campers at Bear Creek Provincial Park continued to vacation as normal on the morning of Aug. 6. The Quilpituk Creek wildfire,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (126+ words) Published 11:24 am Tuesday, August 4, 2026 By Alison Liebel for Museum at Campbell River Through August 29, the public is invited to submit nominations across seven categories that highlight key areas of environmental stewardship: Individuals, youth, groups, businesses, industry and other projects are…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (185+ words) Published 9:30 am Wednesday, July 29, 2026 I don’t get it. Ten years ago, Mark Carney, then Governor of the Bank of England and a climate defender, advised banks and other corporations not to invest further in fossil fuels – too risky in a…...