Vancouver, unceded territory of the Coast Salish People, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations…
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As the consequences of burning dirty, climate-altering fossil fuels hit harder by the day, many…
West Hawk Lake is a Whiteshell River impact crater lake located in the Whiteshell Provincial…
“A maritime mystery drives this powerful narrative; but the greatest strength of HMS Speedy may be its…
Garrett Clement discovers the wonders of Barkley Sound while visiting a friend on Vancouver Island’s…
Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg,…
Protection and restoration are two sides of the conservation coin — protection for spaces that…
The “Let’s Talk Aquatics: Marine Virtual Series” will be hosted by the Confederacy of Mainland…
Eighteen months (June 2022) from now, open-net fish farms – and the risk they pose…
Some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their people are defending their rights to traditional practices, clean air and water and a healthy environment. They say the Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens those rights.
All nine community water systems on Lytton First Nation land in B.C. have been under…
World Water Day is a constant that always is celebrated on March 22. The changeable factor is the theme. This year’s theme asks “Why waste water?” It’s about reducing our use of water and reusing wastewater. The thrust is to cut in half the amount of untreated wastewater and increase water recycling where it can be used safely.
Neskantaga First Nation in Ontario has had to boil water since 1995. “We’re over 20 years already where our people haven’t been able to get the water they need to drink from their taps or to bathe themselves without getting any rashes,” Neskantaga Chief Wayne Moonias told CBC News in 2015. Their water issues have yet to be resolved.
Neskantaga First Nation in Ontario has had to boil water since 1995. “We’re over 20…
In the 1990s, the David Suzuki Foundation embarked on a program to develop community economic projects with coastal First Nations. Between 1998 and 2003, my wife and foundation co-founder, Tara Cullis, established relationships with 11 coastal communities from the tip of Vancouver Island to Haida Gwaii and Alaska, visiting each several times.
In the 1990s, the David Suzuki Foundation embarked on a program to develop community economic…
In late September, Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook died tragically in Ottawa. Pootoogook was an award-winning illustrator from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Her ink-and-crayon depictions of everyday life in the north — families sitting to eat a meal of seal meat or shopping at the Arctic co-op — received international acclaim. In contrast to the idealized vision many Canadians have of the north, of majestic rock and ice landscapes or charismatic wildlife like polar bears, Pootoogook’s drawings often reflected the crushing poverty northern families face and its devastating impacts on their health and well-being.
In late September, Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook died tragically in Ottawa. Pootoogook was an award-winning…