Island Insider

A Forestry Practices Board has highlighted concerns with the future of old growth forests or any new ones on Quadra Island following an investigation into three logging companies.

The dust in the Courtenay-Comox riding has yet to settle following the collapse of the BC United Party and if the right leaning vote will be split between two candidates.

PFAS chemicals are notoriously difficult to break down once they’ve found their way into the environment or human body, and even minuscule amounts pose big health risks.

The collaborative effort, run through the B.C. Parks Foundation, protects more than 250 acres of previously privately-owned land on the Salish Sea — home to a rare ecosystem of endangered coastal Douglas fir.

Groups say the B.C. Coastal Marine Strategy should be the first step toward a law to protect coastal habitats from shoreline development, but similar attempts out east have not gone to plan.

A nearly year-long drought that lasted through the winter and brought both record heat and unprecedentedly low snow levels have left the province under drought conditions from the Lower Mainland to northern B.C., straining the vital resource for communities and farmers alike.

West Coast Fishculture, a fish farm owned by AgriMarine Holdings, was ordered to pay $350,000 for illegally operating on Lois Lake in B.C.

More than 50 years after the Gitanyow first raised concerns over the diminishing Kitwanga sockeye salmon population and halted harvest, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is building a hatchery for the species to be operated by the nation.

70 per cent of federal temporary foreign worker inspections are announced to the employer prior to inspection, despite being triggered primarily by worker complaints

A study by UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Radical Action showed housing reforms are urgently needed for temporary foreign workers

The federal government says Canada's appeal as an international tourist destination has been damaged by the 2023 forest fire season — the country’s most destructive on record.

The Hesquiaht First Nation community of Hot Springs Cove is celebrating a long-awaited victory for energy security and the environment.

Analysis of government data by Canada’s National Observer takes you through the rise in temporary foreign worker permit holders in Canada's forestry industry.

Scientists at the University of British Columbia are experimenting with ways to keep chemicals shed by vehicle tires from entering waterways and causing widespread coho salmon deaths.

Citizen scientists partner with the Ministry of Forests and VIU to understand how climate change is hitting Vancouver Island’s forests and plant species.