New Canadian laws could allow banned pesticides and impact public health. Scientists and environmental groups are calling for ...

Canada's LNG industry faces demand, high costs and growing competition. Who will pay if these costly projects fail?

Reducing light pollution protects wildlife, preserves dark skies and reconnects communities with the night sky.

BC says its new “working forest” plan will bring certainty to the logging industry, but it fails to address the cause of the ...

Eelgrass meadows capture carbon faster than terrestrial forests. But they are among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth.

Bill Jones writes about his journey from logger to Elder at Fairy Creek, when he finally remembered his grandfather's ...

Western Canada’s award-winning environmental news magazine. The Watershed Sentinel has been the voice of the grassroots environmental movement in BC (and beyond) for over 25 years. When environmental ...

Western Canada’s award-winning environmental news magazine. The Watershed Sentinel has been the voice of the grassroots environmental movement in BC (and beyond) for over 25 years. When environmental ...

I live in Qualicum Beach, on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia. Qualicum Beach has 26 kilometres of old asbestos cement (AC) water distribution pipes. Like many communities across Canada, ...

On a forestry road north of Kispiox, Gitxsan land protectors have set up a blockade to protest the Prince Rupert Gas Terminal pipeline (PRGT) on their laxyip (homelands). Their efforts reflect a ...

No one alive today can really describe the Dust Bowl years. For most of us, it’s a historical footnote. In the 1970s, Canadian writer Barry Broadfoot met with prairie farmers and published their ...

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology represents the fossil fuel industry’s last stand. Hawking expensive, speculative technology to suck CO2 out of the air and store it ...