Island Insider

Vancouver Island MPs are calling for improved ocean protection and spill response as more than 100 shipping containers are still unaccounted for after the MV Zim Kingston cargo spill.

Seniors can breathe a sigh of relief after going through "unnecessary ordeal," says NDP seniors critic Rachel Blaney.

A new micro-hydroelectric project at the Klahoose Wilderness Resort on B.C.’s isolated Central Coast will eliminate diesel fuel use at the off-grid, eco-tourist destination, removing 38 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

A total of 327 people died from toxic street drugs in the Island Health region last year, and while the highest numbers of toxic drug overdoses occurred in urban centres, rural communities such as Port Alberni and Campbell River suffered some of the highest death rates.

West Coast shellfish producers are going to have to absorb the costs of meeting new environmental regulations and change their farming practices as society's tolerance for marine debris plummets, says the grower's association president.

The Connected Coast’s fibre-optic spine to bring rapid internet to coastal communities will snake more than 3,400 kilometres along the coast south from Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii and around Vancouver Island —– becoming one of the longest coastal subsea networks in the world.

Community groups are pulling increasing amounts of plastic debris from the B.C. shellfish industry off their shores while Fisheries and Oceans Canada does little to enforce rules that deal with the problem, say coastal stewards.

Four vessels and more than 60 international scientists from Canada, Japan, the U.S., Russia and Korea are taking part in one of the largest-ever surveys of salmon in the North Pacific Ocean this winter.

As the federal government begins a review of of the cannabis sector following legalization's three-year anniversary, B.C.'s celebrated craft growers still find themselves out in the weeds.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has extended logging company Teal-Jones' injunction against the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades until Sept 26.

Almost 50 per cent of the world's shared fish stocks will shift their habitat ranges and migration routes due to climate change, posing a challenge for international co-operation, a new study says.

The Rainforest Flying Squad — the grassroots coalition behind the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades — has broken down the last of its publicly accessible camps due to extreme winter conditions.

Independent harvesters are thrilled after federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray revamped new guidelines for the B.C. spot prawn fishing sector. 

A new conservation area on B.C.'s Galiano Island will protect cultural history, provide a pit stop for migratory birds and boost the ability of an at-risk ecosystem to withstand climate change.

It’s unjust and impractical to expect First Nations in B.C. that rely on revenue from forestry to agree to old-growth logging deferrals without conservation financing, says the chair of the new Nature-Based Solutions Foundation.