Small Businesses Brace For Upcoming Highway 4 Closures"I still have bills to pay, all the cancellations started a big snowball effect," says Chims Guest House owner.
Battle on the Docks: Port Workers Fight for Fair TreatmentThe Island relies on shipped-in supplies, that's 120+ less workers making sure we get everything we need.
From Dirt to Dollars: How Cumberland’s Trails are Boosting the Local EconomyThe regions volunteer-built and maintained trail network is one of the busiest in North America
From Low to High: BC’s Minimum Wage JourneyAt $16.75, it's still far short of the $20.26/hour needed to survive in Courtenay
Tree Ring Circus: BC’s Logging Blunder Leaves Giant Cedars FlattenedHuge ancient trees were not included in logging deferrals due to the forest being incorrectly labelled as 210 years old
Tourism Money To Right A Historic WrongFor less than the price of a cup of coffee, tourists can help local First Nations
I Bet Your Wages Haven’t Gone Up This Much.The top-100 CEOs earns 243 times what Canadian workers make
Local Contractor Refuses to be Project’s “Token Indian”NDP government using "tokenist" exemption tactics rather than actually solving the problem.
BC’s New $50 Million Fund May Help Logging Companies, But What About Our Forests?The program will increase the use of low-value fibre, but does it keep unsustainable practices going?
Washington State Did It—Why Can’t We?Last month, state regulators said enough is enough and shut down the industry
Feds Forget Local Businesses Who Stepped Up For The CauseThis move could leave us high and dry the next time a crisis hits
Will Aquaculture Solve our Seafood Problems? Not Likely, Say These UBC ResearchersUBC study says now is not the time to turn our back on wild fish
Going, Going … Gone?DFO is backpedalling big time on a commitment to get fish farms out of BC's coastal waters
Is the Federal Government Muddling How Much Heat-Trapping Pollution the Forestry Industry Emits?Forestry is hardly even Steven
Fish Hatcheries—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?The pressure is on to boost fish hatcheries in BC, but big questions loom over impacts on wild salmon
Capitalism + Activism – Politics = PatagoniaChouinard has had a big impact on defending BC's wild salmon
Fish Farms Out By 2025? Not LikelyBut DFO's recent "discussion framework" makes it seem like the agency is dragging its heels
Factory Fish Farms One Step Closer to GoneThis move signals hope for wild salmon, but they still need protection
Why You Should Care About This Company You’ve Never Heard OfThe company is selling off huge chunks of forest land for residential development
Battle of the Paddle: Islanders Divided Over PickleballNo sport generates more adoration or drama in BC than Pickleball
VIDEO: Blind Swimmer’s 11-Hour Triumph Across the StraitWatch his triumphant arrival at Pipers Lagoon
