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B.C. didn't effectively manage conservation lands program: auditor general
May 11, 2021 - 4:27 PM

VICTORIA - British Columbia failed to adequately manage a conservation lands program aimed at protecting habitats for fish and wildlife species that are some of the most diverse in Canada, the auditor general says.
'Great champion of Indigenous Peoples,' B.C. judge, politician, Thomas Berger dies
April 29, 2021 - 5:13 PM

VANCOUVER - Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88.
Vancouver residents told to avoid feeding Canada geese, report nests as flocks grow
March 04, 2021 - 10:19 AM

Vancouver's parks board is taking action to control the increasing numbers of messy and aggressive Canada geese.
Invasive Canada geese in the crosshairs as B.C. council approves planned cull
February 09, 2021 - 7:22 AM

VERNON, B.C. - A program to cull invasive, non-migratory Canada geese in British Columbia's North Okanagan has the strong support of Vernon city council.
Ottawa plans to move from open-net fish pens to 'sustainable technology' in B.C.
November 12, 2020 - 3:06 PM

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it has a game plan to transition away from open-net fish farming on British Columbia's coast.
B.C. environmental group asks court to revoke government's wolf cull permits
July 22, 2020 - 5:25 PM

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia environmental group has launched a legal petition alleging the provincial government's wolf cull to save caribou is breaking federal and provincial laws.
Famous lone wolf killed by hunter in British Columbia: conservation service
March 26, 2020 - 1:08 PM

VICTORIA - British Columbia's conservation agency says a wolf that spent years alone roaming a tiny island off Victoria has been shot and killed.
E-bikes pick up speed on mountain trails in Sea-to-Sky region of B.C.
October 21, 2019 - 1:38 PM

SQUAMISH, B.C. - On a sunny September weekend in Squamish, B.C., about half a dozen tourism and rental companies say they're out of electric-assist mountain bike rentals.
Sockeye returns plunge in B.C., official calls 2019 'extremely challenging'
August 22, 2019 - 5:45 PM

VANCOUVER - Federal fisheries experts are painting a devastating picture of the challenges facing Pacific salmon and point to climate change as the main culprit.
Turtles, butterflies and foxes: Captive breeding for endangered species growing
August 19, 2019 - 1:00 AM

LANGLEY, B.C. - The turtle in my hand dangles its churning feet as I set it down. It touches its first dirt and immediately, unerringly, points toward shore and races as fast as a turtle can to the water.
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'Skull-crushing ridge' to bring abnormal heat to the Okanagan, Kamloops
Temperature records are poised to topple across B.C. as the heatwave that gripped the Lower Mainland settles deeper into the Interior. “What we’ve experienced already is pretty impressive heat, of course, and there have been dai

RECIPE: This Father's Day potato salad will become a tradition
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BC News

B.C. didn't effectively manage conservation lands program: auditor general

'Great champion of Indigenous Peoples,' B.C. judge, politician, Thomas Berger dies

Vancouver residents told to avoid feeding Canada geese, report nests as flocks grow

Invasive Canada geese in the crosshairs as B.C. council approves planned cull

Ottawa plans to move from open-net fish pens to 'sustainable technology' in B.C.

B.C. environmental group asks court to revoke government's wolf cull permits

Famous lone wolf killed by hunter in British Columbia: conservation service

E-bikes pick up speed on mountain trails in Sea-to-Sky region of B.C.

Sockeye returns plunge in B.C., official calls 2019 'extremely challenging'

Turtles, butterflies and foxes: Captive breeding for endangered species growing

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