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RCMP identified the alleged shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC as 18-year-old female Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School from what appeared to be a

The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials f

Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.

For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in its tunnel vision, the overall impres

The next test of the Bugs-Daffy dichotomy in Canada will be whether Carney can outwit Poilievre to pass his budget and remain in power. Heading up a minority government, he’ll need

Councillors from across Ontario are fretting about the speed camera ban and what it will mean for public safety and local funding. As a former local reporter I would have spent all

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation,

Few observers of Canadian petro-politics were surprised to see Alberta Premier Danielle Smith take the stage this week and demand that BC, First Nations and the federal government

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new proposed pipeline on Wednesday to carry oil from Alberta to the West Coast. The province itself will be the proponent applying to the

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Paris has become a cycling paradise, joining other European cities in prioritizing active transportation. But it would be a mistake to assume this is just the natural course of his

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It was at the end of a nearly 400-page document that I finally found what I was looking for: an admission.

What an Access to Information request into a weeks-long runaround to dodge a simple answer to a question about a North Atlantic right whale surveillance program reveals about the i

Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson said the Liberal government is keeping its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, despite a strong desire for more affordab

The discussions that led to the statement’s specific wording were not public. But governments of most G7 nations recognize the role of human activity in climate change, as well as

Jimmy Thomson here.

Our recent special series, The Takeover — including the series’ flagship podcast of the same name — started with a simple premise: in this era of a resurgent far-right, who are the

I started this job during an election in which a critical question was barely being asked: what happens to Canada’s environment — and to efforts to fight climate change and revolut

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Canada won't be subsidizing Teslas for the foreseeable future. That should just be the first step.

There is possibly no single body worse suited to deciding who is and is not a journalist than the RCMP. I would trust nine strangers at a bar to know what a journalist does, and wh

Here’s a secret the auto industry doesn’t want you to know: two kids fit perfectly on an electric bike. All the groceries you need for a week can fit on an e-bike. If you’re really

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Thankfully, local governments, First Nations, and civil society are picking up some of the slack where they can. Toronto is fighting tooth and nail to keep its bike lanes in place

If all politics is local, it doesn’t always feel that way. Political power manifests like an inverted pyramid, with the weightiest matters dealt with at the top. At the national an

I can still taste the fog that wafted over Pictou County, Nova Scotia. As a little kid, I didn’t know what it was but I did know what it was called: Scott Paper.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) staff were unimpressed with the proposed framework to address the surging problem of noise pollution, internal communications obtained by Canada’s

In today’s letters to the editor: $250 cheques; heat pumps; Ukraine; oil and gas; family doctors

In Alberta and Montana, the Blackfoot Confederacy is working toward free-roaming buffalo crossing the border once again — and revitalizing traditional hunts

The green future can be abundant, not diminished — and some of the necessary changes are already happening without much of a fight.

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It doesn’t look like humanity will organically coalesce around solutions anytime soon. If that’s the case, we must find a way to demand those solutions from our leaders, no matter

By now, most of us have experienced a climate disaster, even if we didn’t identify it as such in the moment. A heat dome, an atmospheric river, an unending drought, a wildfire — th

If the feds want to look like they're doing something on ocean noise while not taking any of the hard steps that requires, they could do worse than announcing a plan in which nine

An invoice obtained through a federal Access to Information request allows Canada’s National Observer to reveal a report commissioned by the RCMP, spying on activists' online activ

From crab monitoring and bear patrols to rescue operations, the watchmen are the official eyes and ears of indigenous communities It’s Delaney Mack’s first time pulling crab traps

We can hear it before we see it: the grinding, churning rumble of a container ship as it rounds Stuart Island into British Columbia’s Haro Strait. It’s five kilometres away, but th

The view from the room where Alice Munro famously wrote her early work is magnificent, especially for a laundry room: Looking out over the Victoria neighbourhood of Rockland’s Garr

With an uncontrollable wildfire burning its way toward Yellowknife in late July 2023, the senior civil servant in charge of the Northwest Territories capital, Sheila Bassi-Kellett,

Advertisement. It was hard, at first, to spot the new smoke through the old smoke. The fire that would eventually cause the largest evacuation in the history of the Northwest Terri

In the spring of 2021, all eyes were on Fairy Creek, Vancouver Island. The valley, which contained one of the largest unbroken tracts of old-growth forest in the region, had become

What do Boeing, the Portland International Airport, and some of the cheapest electricity in the US have in common? They all depend on harnessing the power of the Columbia River. Th

What do Boeing, the Portland International Airport, and some of the cheapest electricity in America have in common? They all depend on harnessing the power of the Columbia River. T

Abandoned forest service roads provide great access to the outdoors but they leave species like caribou and grizzlies vulnerable. And efforts to get rid of them cause community upr

Japanese Canadians relocate by train to camps in the interior of British Columbia. Library and Archives Canada, C-057250 Art Miki grew up on a modest berry farm outside Vancouver,

Jimmy Thomson is a freelance investigative journalist and journalism teacher based in Victoria. He is the author of the newsletter One Day, I’m Going to Write for The New Yorker. I

The ice once protected the Arctic ocean from threats – but as it melts it exposes the sea to fishing, shipping, mining and pollution. Would a marine protected area help secure this

Earlier this year, Victoria, British Columbia, passed what some are calling the most ambitious attempt anywhere in the country to make it easier to densify neighbourhoods: construc

Canadian students and American draft dodgers mix together during a demonstration in Toronto to protest the sale of arms to the US, May 16, 1968. One Thursday night in the winter of

The Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is marine protected area will be 133,000 square kilometres, covering underwater mountain ranges and alien ecosystems Cherisse Du Preez was staring at a

The branch will be closed until Feb. 6, provided no more contamination is found The Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library is closed for the next week for asbestos t

The one daycare centre that’s nearly open will be “upholding Christian values” Danielle M.’s job search began, as many do, with a desperate hunt for childcare. Having freelanced fo

Teale Phelps Bondaroff has bold ideas for his provincial counterparts to consider at the next Union of BC Municipalities meeting—if he can get Saanich council to agree on them firs

Photographer James MacDonald looks back at the past year in Victoria The Songhees Nation's first community powwow in 20 years was held on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliat

They may be away from home, but the crew of the Maersk Trader is making the most of the holiday ashore More than a dozen commercial ships are spending Christmas off the eastern sho

Freezing rain could turn parts of Island highways into a skating rink on Friday coming into busy Christmas weekend First responders deal with an accident on the Patricia Bay Highwa

For the first time in nearly two years, the median sales price of a Greater Victoria and area single-family home dropped—just barely—under $1 million. The median price for November

The change marks the end of mandatory COVID-19 public health measures in the province, but was not prominently featured in any government communication For the first time since the

A cross between South Park and the Muppet Show, with real people “Jesus fuck!” is the first thing I hear as I reach the top of the long staircase into Britt Small’s Chinatown apart

For full election results, see our election page, here. Langford’s mayor of 30 years has been unseated, along with his council. Scott Goodmanson, a political newcomer, will be Lang

You’ve seen Capital Daily’s database for council candidates and now we’re bringing you a tool to get to know the candidates running to be school trustees! On Oct. 15, trustees for

At a forum attended by 15 candidates, public safety discussions exposed a wide gulf in plans and priorities Fifteen candidates running for Victoria council went head-to-head on Tue

A BC Supreme Court judge has overruled a decision by the Greater Victoria School District (SD61) to suspend two school board trustees. The judge determined that the board went beyo

Publisher’s note: Capital Daily has been reaching out to local candidates about our survey, both directly and over social media over the past month. A majority have filled it out,

VIVA Victoria's municipal and school board election effort is in line with successful conservative movements elsewhere—prompting some progressive candidates to join the race At the

Scott Graham has been missing for nearly two months. His daughters say the Canadian embassy could have done more when he needed help Scott Graham appeared in the Canadian embassy i

Pressure Cooker presents a fascinating, deeply researched, and complex telling of the RCMP entrapment of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody “I know what’s up,” proclaims John Nuttall e

The bear was probably passing through his Lake Cowichan campsite—a well-worn bear trail, he says he was told John Smith was fast asleep in his tent near Lake Cowichan last week whe

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Ñirka has some explaining to do. Ramon Correa’s cat Ñirka was caught twice in his neighbour’s yard while Correa was away on vacation. When he returned, he got a knock on the door:

Little alleges Ranns ‘screamed,’ threw agenda packet, pen, and papers at her. Ranns disagrees. A disagreement over undeveloped land in Metchosin this week escalated to the point wh

North Cowichan, Duncan, Ladysmith, and Lake Cowichan to introduce tax in January North Cowichan mayor Al Siebring is “a conservative guy,” he says. “I don’t think taxes solve anyth

District’s belief in its ability to fight climate change better than municipalities ‘misguided,’ Windsor says Central Saanich asked the CRD to be let out of its commitment to a reg

Tide-pool spelunkers rejoice: lunar cycles are aligning to drag the water to rare lows Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday This week, you can venture below the sea without even gettin

Some answers have trickled out over the past week. Many have not. Emileigh Pearson says even though the police cars have left and few signs of the incident remain, she still feels

Report cites Victoria's parks, museums, and restaurants—but urges action on affordability Victoria has been named Canada’s Best Small City in a ranking that breaks down cities, pie

Telus tower has been down for weeks—and one resident’s 9-1-1 calls for a suspected heart attack were dropped Grant Hanes was in transit in the immediate aftermath of the bank robbe

22-year-old brothers Isaac and Matthew Auchterlonie posted videos and photos showing reverence for military The Canadian Armed Forces has confirmed that one of the two men who alle

22-year-old brothers Isaac and Matthew Auchterlonie posted videos and photos showing reverence for military

We have an RCMP document related to Fairy Creek that we think is important. No, you can’t see it. A BC Supreme Court judge has permanently prohibited Capital Daily from publishing

This story is a co-production between The Narwhal and VICE World News. Two years after fisheries observers came forward to talk about harassment, intimidation, assault, sexual assa

Kristof will be speaking in Victoria on June 27, part of Capital Daily's speaker series Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and long-time New York Times political c

This feature was made possible by Humber College’s StoryLab, Faculty of Media and Creative Arts, and The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The boat isn’t much, really: cracked w

Investors can chip in as little as $1 to be part of a house purchase in Sooke. But what will it mean for superheated local real estate markets? ‍ A new investment opportunity debut

Capital Daily business coverage is supported by Tiny but the stories and journalism are produced independently by Capital Daily. Per our policy, Tiny had no editorial input into th

Navy Scientists are looking into how the rumbling in the sky may be affecting the species on land and under the water From an east-facing house at the border between Oak Bay and Vi

This investigation is a joint project between Capital Daily and Ricochet. Alexander Curran was lying prone, face down in the dirt, with a cracked rib. He had been blinded by pepper

For more than 40 years, Murray Rankin has reliably had a lot to say about the importance of government transparency and access to government records. As a graduate student, profess

On any given Thursday, even in mid-pandemic times, five flights leave from Victoria International Airport before 8am. The airport recommends arriving no later than an hour and a ha

Environment Justice Thompson ruled Tuesday afternoon that the RCMP's enforcement of the injunction was harming the court's reputation Hours before the injunction against protesters

Politics Candidates spoke to Capital Daily about their priorities, from transportation to climate—and we asked them all for their housing solutions For the 2021 election, we'll be

Housing is at a breaking point. But to understand why there’s nowhere to live, first we need to understand why it’s getting harder to get water We are grateful for the generous sup

Environment Capital Daily is part of a coalition of media partners that took the RCMP to court to ensure right to access Capital Daily, as part of a coalition of independent media

Less than a minute after I meet Julian West in front of Discovery Coffee on Oak Bay Avenue in late April, he’s showing me the inside of his electric cargo bike: the child bench whe

In mid-April, the Pacheedaht First Nation released a statement calling for the end of the blockades in Fairy Creek. The strongly worded statement urged the blockaders, who have bee

Environment In a video shared by the Rainforest Flying Squad, a group of 10 loggers confronts a group of blockaders. It wasn't the first or only such confrontation as the blockade

It was the late eighties, and the people of Victoria were up in arms: gay men were rumoured to be using the wooded section in Beacon Hill Park’s southeastern corner for hookups. “L

With no end in sight to distancing measures, Victorians were treated to a dazzling weekend chance to go out and play—and many took the opportunity Snow sticks to Victoria's roads a

Content warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assaults. Recent allegations that a bartender at Chuck’s Burger Bar routinely harassed female employees and sexually a

Twenty-six days on a tiny ship with a lecherous old man: if that had been in the job description, Kim would probably have found another job. But she wanted to be a professional mar

Small modular reactors are variously described as a clean energy solution, a waste of time and a new danger. So, what’s the deal? The federal government could be preparing to bet b

City Hall The mayor talks housing, procurement, and plans for her final two years in office This year was unlike any other in living memory, and yet civic life continued: businesse

Politics With a contentious campaign resulting in a decisive win, Andrew is ready to bring his 'pragmatic' approach to City Council When the first batch of votes was revealed on Sa

Business Movie rental isn't so much a dying business as a dead one. So why does Pic-A-Flic refuse to lie down? It was early in 2016 when the Victoria Times Colonist asked, of Pic-A

The government of the Northwest Territories is working on reviving a decades-old dream of exporting natural gas from the Mackenzie Delta. But this time, the gas won't be flowing by

The Milne Ice Shelf contained startling secrets that were just beginning to be discovered. In early August, the floating glacier, flowing out of the northern tip of the northernmos

Scientists have found protecting nature can provide more than one-third of the emissions reductions required to meet the world’s 2030 climate targets, thrusting Canada — home to 25

As the federal government crafts its COVID-19 economic recovery plan, Indigenous leaders argue investments in guardian programs can create thousands of jobs, while protecting the l

The Canadian government has kindly asked ships to slow down in the waters between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, in order to prevent them from killing endangered North Atlantic righ

If the newly proposed Sukunka coal mine follows the same trajectory as nearly every project reviewed under the province’s environmental assessment process, it will be approved even

The feeling of spilling a drink on your expensive laptop is so unique that Cindy Jacob can see it on your face before you even say a word. Ms. Jacob, co-owner of the MacPros repair

If there’s one tradition that has remained more or less constant throughout Canada’s history, surely it’s camping. But as the country warms up and people prepare to get outside wit

A broad report on Canada’s North finds transformations in sea ice, due to climate change, are altering the landscape — and ways of life that depend on it — in all sorts of signific

A months-long investigation by The Narwhal, including interviews with 11 current or former at-sea observers, reveals a culture of intimidation and harassment that has resulted in t

The pandemic offers a temporary reprieve from the clamour of ocean noise — which can affect how whales and other species communicate, navigate and feed — and an opportunity to refl

As the Arctic warms, ‘zombie’ viruses and microbes are rising from the thawing ground. But infectious diseases migrating north could pose an even bigger threat to human and animal

Fishermen rely on observers to keep the industry honest. Now they’re worried about maintaining a level playing field The Canadian government has removed observers from all fishing

The remote coastal community of Bella Bella, B.C., home to roughly 1,400 people, has little capacity to take care of its own residents with just one ventilator and only two doctors

Old Crow, the northernmost community in Yukon, is seething after two uninvited guests showed up in spite of warnings not to come. At around 10 a.m. on Friday, an Air North flight b

As flights and field seasons are cancelled, some scientists see building capacity at the local level as an opportunity to keep vital work alive — and possibly reshape the way remot

Ernie Tallio has seen a lot while patrolling his community of Bella Coola, BC: he’s rescued swamped kayakers, recovered bodies, and protected sacred sites. As a Nuxalk Guardian, Ta

Carbon offsets were meant to fund a conservation economy in the world’s last intact temperate rainforest, but sales have fallen short of expectations. Still, some say there is reas

A petite Iranian woman stands before a roomful of hundreds of experts, in an Egyptian auditorium, wearing a flowing purple dress her mother sewed for her. International delegates a

Ghanimat Azhdari was born into a nomadic tribe in Iran and was a PhD student at Canada’s University of Guelph, where she was working with Indigenous communities in the boreal fores

Our nine-passenger Cessna drops 2,000 feet out of the sky as pilot Andy Brock descends into the East Arm of Great Slave Lake. Seen up close, the blurry and distant landscape resolv

In the North, where food prices are notoriously high, beluga whales are a staple community resource John Noksana, Jr., learned the many skills of harvesting beluga whales in his te

“Finding myself in India,” wrote the social media influencer Jack Morris on an Instagram post in March, captioning a photo of himself in a mock meditation posture and topping it of

In remote areas from the B.C. coast to Nunavut’s far north, Indigenous guardians and coastal watchmen are increasingly relied on to monitor landscapes, conduct search and rescue, g

The owners of one of the world's northernmost mines is telling investors it has plans to increase shipping capacity 50 per cent higher than what it’s telling the public. That could

For decades, establishing a park in Canada meant removing Indigenous people from their traditional territories. In Canada’s newest national park — Thaidene Nëné National Park Reser

Canadians are more concerned than ever about the environment — it's emerged as a top issue in the upcoming federal election. So what are the country’s leadership hopefuls promising

MMG Limited, a mining company controlled by the Chinese government, praised the public investment in Arctic infrastructure as biologists sounded the alarm about impacts on a dwindl

Jean Polfus had a moment of clarity sitting around a long oval table in Tulít’a, a community on the Mackenzie River in central Northwest Territories. It started with confusion over

As U.S. President Donald Trump slashes science budgets south of the border, a coalition of Canadian organizations is campaigning for Canadians to put science on the agenda of this

Last week, the Alaskan government issued a waste management permit to Constantine North, allowing the company to discharge waste water from an underground tunnel at its Palmer proj

From tracking wildlife populations to reporting industrial pollution, more than 40 Indigenous Guardian programs across Canada are proving their value The federal government has boo

An area four times the size of Vancouver Island is home to smoking vents, volcanic islands just under the water and a staggering abundance of life One morning in 1984, a pair of sh

From grizzly bears in areas undocumented by Western science to a possible new fast-running subtype of caribou, traditional knowledge is enriching scientific information about our n

The embattled oilsands pipeline has become a proxy battle, pitting the urgency of the climate crisis against near-term economic concerns The Trans Mountain pipeline has become an a

Bernice Clarke puts whale oil in her soap to celebrate her Inuit heritage, and it’s helping her reassert her identity and understand the medicines of her ancestors. But is it under

Misty Ireland invented a way to smudge indoors — even in hospitals — but now she has to face another taboo: a tradition that frowns upon selling medicines Smoke swirls up from the

Tania Larsson is a skilled Gwich'in jeweller based in Yellowknife, N.W.T., working to put her culture's adornment in the international spotlight This is part three of Land Crafted:

Joella Hogan is exploring her entrepreneurial drive in her traditional territory, but a new mine is complicating matters for the small community of Mayo, Yukon. Part two of our ser

A five-part video series on the unique challenges facing northern Indigenous entrepreneurs, coming Tuesday Canada’s North can be a difficult place to live, and a much harder place

Nooks Lindell moved from his home in Arviat, Nunavut, to Ottawa as a child. The subsequent loss of his Inuit identity haunted him into adulthood. Returning to the North, he began r

It’s an expensive and sad reality that the universal sound of the North isn’t the howling of sled dogs, the mesmerizing joy of throat singing, the squeaking of boots on super-coole

The green ribbon that makes up 75 per cent of Canada’s forests is among the largest intact wildernesses on the planet. Environmentalists call it 'one of the last great conservation

YELLOWKNIFE — It’s an expensive and sad reality that the universal sound of the North isn’t the howling of sled dogs, the mesmerizing joy of throat singing, the squeaking of boots

Experts examine subterranean snot, philosophize about how to warn future civilizations away from buried arsenic and prepare for future floods — all as part of a $2.37 billion dolla

Plant life in the tundra may be moving slowly, but for some species it’s a race to keep pace with our changing climate The changes in the treeline are so gradual, one could easily

Digging and scraping their way along river beds, a growing gold rush of placer miners is disturbing the territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation — all under the rules of a b

Federal court’s rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion shows a new way of evaluating major industrial projects is not only an essential step toward reconciliation, but

Far from the giddy days following the Paris Agreement, Canada’s carbon tax has recently run into strong headwinds — despite recent polling that shows a majority of the public is on

Unknown in origin, foreign plastic particles are making their way to remote beaches in the Arctic, spurring new collaborative monitoring There isn’t an ocean beach in the world tha

Cascading down every stream and river, and swirling in every tide, is a wealth of information. Scoop up a handful of that water and it can tell you what fish are spawning upstream;

The fish that usually define the West Coast are moving north, raising big questions about how a warming climate is affecting northern ecosystems Salmon used to be infrequent visito

Megan Clark, librarian at the Yellowknife Public Library, holds up one of her compliments from the jar, which reads, 'You have a great smile.' (Jimmy Thomson/CBC) Fourteen year-old

The B.C. government has released its review of the professional reliance system, which was implemented in the early 2000s and relinquished much of the provincial government’s respo

A new study suggests that vitamin D is an important regulator of the body's immune response to pregnancy. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) Vitamin D — the sunshine vitamin — can be in sho

For the last decade B.C.’s professional reliance system has outsourced the responsibility for environmental monitoring to industry, creating a regulatory environment rife with cont

Space-age pipes loom over me, two-pronged fingers jutting straight up at the sky. They plunge into the earth under our feet, where, like a steampunk Lovecraftian nightmare, the pip

Shop to your zero-waste heart’s content at Vancouver’s new packaging-free grocery store Brianne Miller wanted to help protect whales. So she opened a grocery store. That makes more

When Inuk hunter Joseph Monteith went through the ice in Frobisher Bay, he had seen the signs coming long before. But it was already too late. The first domino, as Monteith puts it

Plastic is not only ending up in the Arctic, it's also being found throughout the food chain Resolute, Nunavut, is nearly 3,000 km directly north of Winnipeg. It’s a tiny hamlet of

In 2015, a pipeline was designed to cut through a sensitive wetland in B.C. The professional biologist reviewing the project told his company that there could be significant damage

In 2015, a pipeline was designed to cut through a sensitive wetland in B.C. The professional biologist reviewing the project told his company that there could be significant damage

The effects of climate change can be complex and unpredictable. For one species of Arctic duck, the result is a tense standoff between population growth and decline. Eiders are a s

The effects of climate change can be complex and unpredictable. For one species of Arctic duck, the result is a tense standoff between population growth and decline. Eiders are a s

Reflecting on his long struggle against South African apartheid, Nelson Mandela said, “One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and again,

Reflecting on his long struggle against South African apartheid, Nelson Mandela said, “One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and again,

On a sunny August afternoon in 2010, the Clipper Adventurer hit an underwater rock shelf near Kugluktuk, Nunavut, carrying 128 Adventure Canada passengers and 69 crew. The nearest

On a sunny August afternoon in 2010, the Clipper Adventurer hit an underwater rock shelf near Kugluktuk, Nunavut, carrying 128 Adventure Canada passengers and 69 crew. The nearest

In the mid-1970s, a young lawyer named Ian Waddell took a helicopter ride across the Crow Flats, in northern Yukon. He was accompanying Justice Thomas Berger on his visits to commu

In the mid-1970s, a young lawyer named Ian Waddell took a helicopter ride across the Crow Flats, in northern Yukon. He was accompanying Justice Thomas Berger on his visits to commu

Oil companies have become some of the wealthiest organizations in history by producing a product that we now know is endangering the future of humanity. Many of these companies hav

Oil companies have become some of the wealthiest organizations in history by producing a product that we now know is endangering the future of humanity. Many of these companies hav

Like many towns across Alberta, the landscape around Hinton is a pincushion of oil wells. At the bottom of some of the deeper wells, temperatures can reach upwards of 120 degrees C

Like many towns across Alberta, the landscape around Hinton is a pincushion of oil wells. At the bottom of some of the deeper wells, temperatures can reach upwards of 120 degrees C

The federal government has announced over $12 million to enhance protections for endangered whales on the West Coast, especially the endangered Southern resident killer whale. That

The federal government has announced over $12 million to enhance protections for endangered whales on the West Coast, especially the endangered Southern resident killer whale. That

The Eagle Staff was brought to Cambridge Bay and Resolute, Nunavut, for the first time this week. It was the first time the staff had been north of the 60th parallel. (Jimmy Thomso

Canada is getting further away from meeting its climate target under the Paris Accord, despite an overall reduction in emissions, according to the government’s latest submission to

Pellets are made out of compacted sawdust, wood chips or other wood material and look something like rabbit food. Many people consider them to be a renewable alternative to coal. (

A crowd of about 25 people hit the streets in Yellowknife Thursday at noon to show support and solidarity with Indigenous youth. Signs such as "We Are Not Disposable" and "No Justi

Cape Town, South Africa is running out of water. Compared to Gilford Island, a Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation reserve on B.C.’s temperate rainforest coast, that sounds like an upgrade

The Alberta government and an unlikely crew of allies — including Greenpeace, an oil lobbying firm, Ecojustice and attorneys general of four different provinces — are squaring off

Final inspections for the Canadian High Arctic Research Station's main research facility are still weeks away, but that doesn't mean the facility is behind schedule. Previously, th

The team will traverse, by ski, from their boat in the ice to the North Pole. They have been training near Yellowknife. (Alex Hibbert/Twitter) comments Norwegian explorer Fridtjof

In the last four months of 2017, 59 people were admitted involuntarily to mental health care in the Northwest Territories, and so far in 2018 there have already been 17. For any of

Lighthouse Beach, a white sand crescent on the north coast of Nova Scotia, was once considered the jewel of the region. People would flock there from New Glasgow and Pictou on summ

The skull of what is believed to be a steppe bison was reportedly uncovered last week during construction of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway. (Aurora Research Institute) 0 commen

Time is running out for the remaining 76 orcas that make up B.C.’s Southern Resident killer whale population and the federal government should take action to intervene, say a coali

The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, docked Thursday in Shanghai, after an 85-day scientific quest across the Arctic Ocean. (Pei Xin, Xinhua/Associated Press) On Friday,

Two men accused of trafficking cocaine and cannabis in Hay River have gone free because of the way RCMP handled the search warrant in their investigation. Judge Shannon Smallwood c

Protected bike lanes are a favourite punching bag for Canada’s pundits and politicians. Lawrence Solomon recently called for Toronto to “ban the bike” in one of his three columns o

Through group counselling, Trevor Kasteel told his story of abuse and began to heal. Now, he wants to bring that opportunity for healing to people in need in Yellowknife. (Samantha

FILE - In this 2014 file photo, men haul sections of whale skin and blubber, known as muktuk, as a bowhead whale is butchered in a field near Barrow, Alaska. Traditional northern f

Canada has made significant progress in the last year toward meeting its international commitment to protect 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020 — at least on paper. The government n

The Site C dam has lived many lives before its approval today by Premier John Horgan, from a twinkle in the eye of some BC Hydro engineers, to the target of multiple lawsuits, to t

What is that yellow goop in the water? Acid rock drainage–metal leaching, or just “acid drainage”, is usually associated with mining but also happens during large building projects

Polar bears have long been a symbol of a warming climate, a visible victim of shrinking sea ice cover and changing weather patterns. The bears’ loss of habitat was among the early

Chris Turner’s new book, The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands, opens with a story about ducks. Actually, in the context of the oilsands, it’s the story ab

The rain comes down in a dense mist as John Ebell shows off the construction site of the Nicknaqueet River Hydro project, high on a hillside above the Wannock River in Rivers Inlet

Kelly Brown was awoken at 4:30 a.m. on October 13, 2016, by the kind of phone call nobody ever wants to receive: an environmental catastrophe was unfolding a 20-minute boat ride up

Scientists from Canada's Department of National Defence are in Devon Island, Nunavut, working on a number of new technologies designed to monitor Arctic waters. (Patricia Bell/CBC)

comments A team of six would-be astronauts is settling into a research station on Devon Island, Nunavut, north of Baffin Island. The team is studying lichens and geology, and in th

Ducks Unlimited scientists Becca Warren and Kevin Smith head toward a survey site northeast of Fort Smith, NWT. (Jimmy Thomson/CBC) comments Ducks Unlimited Canada is in the middle

The research vessel Lance sits in the Arctic sea ice on 17 February 2015. (Courtesy Paul Dodd/Norwegian Polar Institute) Extreme warming events are blowing into the Arctic more fre

One night in 1891, a Bavarian servant named Karoline Wolf undressed, neatly folded her clothes, and climbed down a rope into the bear pit at the Frankfurt Zoo. The apparently unsta

Making a park isn’t as simple as drawing lines on a map. Jimmy Thomson on the politics, petroleum and polar bears that have shaped one Arctic conservation area thirty years in the

Christy Clark is our province’s very own natural gas salmon, swimming gamely upstream against the advice of evidence and experts from multiple fields, determined to spawn B.C.’s LN

Workers are laying down their tools across the Canadian oilpatch as the price slump draws on. Alberta had a net loss of nearly 20,000 jobs in 2015, with skilled workers being laid

There’s a new kind of building going up in an old East Vancouver neighbourhood. An eight-storey, 85-unit rental housing development is nothing new for a city that is constantly bei

From the fall of 2013 through the end of 2015, “the Blob” took over the eastern North Pacific. This mass of warm water threw the ocean into chaos, and its appearance was blamed for

The summer of 2010 was a bad year for Saskatchewan. Record floods, winds, and hailstorms led to 175 communities declaring states of emergency, and costing the province over $100 mi

Icarus has written at least a dozen fake love letters to the Georgia Straight. What is she looking for? A man carrying a blue Nalgene water bottle with a “No Pipelines” sticker str

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall announced Monday he asked the federal government for $156 million to help fund oil and gas well cleanup efforts. In a press release he said the progr

Oil exploration began in the Arctic almost a century ago, long before the words “climate” and “change” were paired with “human induced” and the ushering in of a new geological epoc

Roosh V had a bad week. When word got out about the men’s rights activist (MRA) meetups he had planned to hold in 165 locations around the world – 10 in Canada – he faced bans, thr

When Randy Musseau stood in a conference room in Halifax this week to teach the navy's basic course in the field of passive acoustics, he had an unusual group of pupils: marine sci

A 2015 list of “11 most eligible bachelors in Vancouver 2015” included a man previously found guilty of shady dealings in real estate while working without a license, and accused o

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Russia is being blamed for an airstrike on a hospital in the northeastern Syrian city of Hama, continuing a pattern of attacks begun by the regime of Bashar Assad. While Russia mai

For the past couple of years, researchers from California to Alaska have witnessed a warm-water phenomenon mess with the coastline’s marine food web. It’s like watching a horror B-

Future Arctic opens with a fire: it’s June 1950 and clouds of smoke and ash from burning tundra billow south, through Canada into the United States and even across the ocean to Eur

Once upon a time, northern Canada harbored a remarkable kind of freshwater lake, a distinct glacial environment found nowhere else in the Northern Hemisphere. In these special fres

Earlier this week, an international team of marine researchers caught a lot of attention, and flack, for their argument that Australia should take humpback whales off its threatene

When I read yesterday's opening salvo in CANADALAND's series on Canadian Geographic, a jumble of thoughts and emotions jostled for attention. First, the petty side of me thought, f

When you’re careening across the undulating surface of an ice shelf, anything that isn’t white, black, or gray stands out. But an old broken-down snowmobile—a first- or second-gene

For Canadians, Norway is looked up to as a beacon of freedom and fairness. For Canadians, Norway is looked up to as a beacon of freedom and fairness. Your country’s wealth has enab

What's it like to wake up to stunning Arctic vistas, watch polar bears all day and hike across the tundra--and get paid for it? Just ask Jimmy Thomson. Tony Beck is getting tired o

New data released today confirms what many in the fishing industry suspected: Nigeria is the world’s top buyer of Lofoten’s stockfish this year, eclipsing the once dominant Italian

Pub Hölmölä is packed. Pouring two cans of Hoegaarden into what appears to be a glass bucket, the bartender shouts over the noise. “This is our busiest night of the year, next to N

“It’s all happening in the Arctic!” cries Tommy Olsen as I jump off my rented surfboard, having caught my first wave of the day. He gives me a high-five, but I still get the feelin

Canada has fallen behind on meeting its promised Arctic investments, even while new data show its aggregate public spending in the three northern territories is among the highest i

The Lofoten islands on the west coast of northern Norway are a popular tourist destination in the spring and summer with thousands of international visitors pouring off of cruise s

Ambassador Sproule on Canada-Norway relations in the High North: We have a number of universities and research institutes in Canada that specialize in the Arctic as do Norwegian un

Barrow is a town of 4,300 people situated on the northern tip of Alaska, twice as far away from the continental US as it is from the North Pole. So when the team from Seattle-based

The crosswalk on the corner of Kolskiy promenade and Koshevogo street is easy to pass through without a second glance. It’s busy and loud with Murmansk traffic flooding through in

Microsoft bought Nokia’s mobile division this past spring, and thousands of employees in Finland have been laid off. Oulu, a northern tech hub, was particularly hard hit, but new o

In the 70 years since the war, more than a dozen wrecks of planes and ships have been found on the bottom of the fjords around Kirkenes. But only recently have some of their myster

A Finnish company selling a device it says will treat Seasonal Affective Disorder is being accused of shady publishing practices, poor research design, and data manipulation – all

Once touted as the saviour of Pajala, the loss of their iron ore mine has the town fearing for its existence. For four years Pajala believed in a dream of plenty fueled by a sprawl

The UN International Maritime Organization has drafted the environmental regulations chapter for the Polar Code, a binding set of regulations for shipping in the Arctic and Antarct

Kirkenes, Norway, is strangely uniform for a 150-year-old town. The architecture of the buildings downtown and the houses of its 3500 inhabitants suggest that the whole town was bu

By James Thomson, for National Geographic News PUBLISHED October 22, 2014 Scientists have uncovered a cache of satellite images of Earth from the 1960s that had been forgotten in s

Global warming could trigger a food crisis in the High North with hunters’ ability to live of the land threatened due to melting ice and migrating species. The crack of the shotgun

(Photo: NSIDC) A team of American scientists has recovered billions of dollars’ worth of “dark data” from the 1960s, pushing back the modern satellite record of sea ice extent by 1

Scientists have had trouble explaining why the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, but new research says it may be the plants’ fault: vegetation attracts sunlight

When photographer Cristian Barnett arrived in Zhigansk, Siberia, he and his translator were the 7th and 8th foreigners to visit in ten years. “We were treated like royalty,” he say

A narwhal tusk has been stolen from Svalbard, a popular, protected Arctic tourist destination. The governor’s office has asked for the help of expedition cruise ship visitors in id

Since the Stockholm Convention came into effect in 2004, banning persistent organic pollutants, the concentration of these pollutants has declined by up to 90 percent. “The PCBs an

James Thomson has been travelling to the Canadian Arctic since 2010 as a naturalist, zodiac driver and polar bear guard aboard expedition cruise ships. This summer, the job gave hi

Norway is known for its spectacular landscapes. For campers, however, what really makes it stand out is the accessibility and the exotic opportunities reached with just a bit of ex

This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. A long-fought battle over a tiny island came to a head last weekend when hundreds of protesters descended on the rock off Ganges, S

Protest photo via Christopher Roy. A long-fought battle over a tiny island came to a head over the weekend when hundreds of protesters descended on the rock off Ganges, Salt Spring

This article originally appeared on VICE. Muhammad Hamidu was 15 years old when a bomb dropped through his roof near Idlib, a city in Northwestern Syria, 59 km west of Aleppo. His

Al-Masri vor der Klinik mit Saad und dem Techniker, der seine Prothese gemacht hat. Alle Fotos von den Autoren Muhammad Hamidu war 15 Jahre alt, als über seinem Dach in der Nähe vo

Al Masri poses with Saad and the technician who made his leg outside the clinic. (All photos courtesy of the author) Muhammad Hamidu was 15 years old when a bomb dropped through hi

Enzymes, vital proteins that can be used industrially, are a growing business. A new company believes the cold waters of the Barents Sea could hold a tremendous variety of speciali

Sámi language-speaking voices that made waves on the radio now have their own broadcast on television. A new TV station in Inari has given Sámi people a platform to spread Sámi cul

Brown bears are emerging from their dens in the Pasvik Valley earlier this year than ever before. The bears in Pasvik have been shown to be genetically isolated from their Norwegia

With the European Union parliamentary elections coming up, BarentsObserver went to Rovaniemi, Finland, to see how Finns feel about their place in the EU. Voter turnout in Finland i

King crab, though not indigenous to northern Norway, has become a species for which the area is known. Introduced by the Soviet Union to the Barents Sea in the 1960s, the spiky cru

(Photo: Emma Jarratt) A creative youth house in Murmansk is facing an uphill battle as a lack of funding and growing governmental opposition threaten its future. The building mater

This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. The Stz'uminus (Chemainus) First Nation has enacted a blockade that spans its traditional territory in the Gulf Islands of BC. They

This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. The Stz'uminus (Chemainus) First Nation has enacted a blockade that spans its traditional territory in the Gulf Islands of BC. They

A proposed new amendment to Russia’s child protection law - which already bans “gay propaganda” - would also ban the distribution of “unpatriotic information” to children. Russian

The Arctic town of Vardø is developing a new ecotourism industry thanks to the nearby island of Hornøya, which is covered in the nests of over 100 000 seabirds. Birders from around

A new study has demonstrated that the extent of meltwater ponds early in the year is a better predictor of minimum sea ice extent for that year than any other method. This could be

Vladimir Putin has declined to return fire over this week’s new EU and US sanctions against his inner circle. He did warn that further action may result in retaliation, but some an

The growing list of individuals sanctioned by the US and EU over the Ukrainian crisis now includes Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. The planned partnership between Statoil and Rosneft has

James (Jimmy) Thomson is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist. His work has been published in National Geographic, The Globe and Mail, VICE, the Toronto Star, BCBusiness Magazine

The wood-lagging that protects the pipeline from damage, popular with Kinder Morgan, one of the pipeline giants with proposed projects set to launch in BC. Photo via Wikimedia Comm

Lyubov Petrovna Orlova is one of Soviet Russia’s great actresses, and the first real Soviet film star. Although she died nearly 40 years ago, her legacy lives on, with an asteroid

Todd Fogarty had been skiing the same slope every season for 30 years when it slid out from under him in December of 2012. He was caught in an avalanche and swept into the trees, w

Open this photo in gallery: This is part of The North, a Globe investigation of unprecedented change to the climate, culture and politics of Canada's last frontier. Join the conver

A loophole in B.C. tax law that allows people to avoid property transfer taxes is costing the province tens of millions of dollars, says Green MLA Andrew Weaver, and he wants it sh

A WorkSafeBC investigation found ample evidence that combustible wood dust was creating a powder keg in a Burns Lake sawmill before it exploded in early 2012, killing two and injur

The independent agency responsible for investigating the deaths of two workers in a 2012 sawmill explosion is defending its approach, saying it used the same methods it has employe

The injured and families of those killed when a Burns Lake sawmill blew up two years ago are angrily looking for accountability after the Crown ruled out criminal or regulatory cha

New federal medical marijuana laws could provide a lucrative agri-business opportunity to growers – if municipalities will accept the businesses. The new rules that take effect Apr

Bigger is better and Canada doesn't have enough big, according to a recent Statistics Canada study that compares labour productivity in Canada and the United States. The study said

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control is nearing the end of its supply of H1N1 flu vaccines, meaning anyone wanting to get vaccinated should do so soon or face having to

About 30 people have been admitted to intensive care units in B.C. so far this flu season, and the resurgence of the H1N1 virus has prompted health officials to warn young people t

Getting up the long logging road that leads to Mount Cain requires tire chains. I should know: I have spent hours digging myself out of the high snow banks that flank the road that

Getting up the long logging road that leads to Mount Cain requires tire chains. I should know: I have spent hours digging myself out of the high snow banks that flank the road that

When The Tyee first spoke with Kurt Peats, he was on the road. It’s a dangerous road he knows well, having spent five years cruising it as part of the provincial highway patrol. Pe

When The Tyee first spoke with Kurt Peats, he was on the road. It’s a dangerous road he knows well, having spent five years cruising it as part of the provincial highway patrol. Pe

The B.C. government has proposed to change what activities would be regulated by the Mines Act, in what the province characterizes as an attempt to cut “unnecessary red tape,” by e

For someone who loves markets, Robert Semeniuk is certainly not a fan of capitalism. But it’s not the Market as an abstract concept that Semeniuk enjoys. It’s the smell, taste, ene

For someone who loves markets, Robert Semeniuk is certainly not a fan of capitalism. But it’s not the Market as an abstract concept that Semeniuk enjoys. It’s the smell, taste, ene

The B.C. government has proposed to change what activities would be regulated by the Mines Act, in what the province characterizes as an attempt to cut “unnecessary red tape,” by e

The B.C. government announced Tuesday that an agreement had been reached to ban gas extraction* in the Sacred Headwaters. The ban will take effect on the day that a four-year morat

The B.C. government announced Tuesday that an agreement had been reached to ban gas extraction* in the Sacred Headwaters. The ban will take effect on the day that a four-year morat

A moratorium on a large coal bed methane project in northern B.C. is about to expire. The moratorium has prevented Shell Canada from conducting “any oil and gas activity or related

A moratorium on a large coal bed methane project in northern B.C. is about to expire. The moratorium has prevented Shell Canada from conducting “any oil and gas activity or related

A new poll suggests that 60 per cent of British Columbians now oppose the proposed Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline. And according to the results, controversy over Enbridge’s tank

In the geological record, the further down we dig, the further we go into the past, which means that deposits are continually being laid down on the planet's surface (presumably a

When the wild salmon runs around Wuikinuxv, BC, were depleted, the local grizzly bears grew hungry — and dangerous. Now, as the salmon are returning, the community is asking a chal

À Wuikinuxv, en Colombie-Britannique, le déclin des montaisons de saumons sauvages a affamé et rendu dangereux les grizzlis de la région. Maintenant que les sockeyes sont de retour

The process of disposing of a honey bag is straightforward. First, double-knot the bag from under the toilet, then double-bag that bag (this step is critical to avoid catastrophic