News Items tag as: National Observer

Virus abundant in West Coast waters doesn’t appear to impact sockeye salmon fitness
July 22, 2021 - 9:00 PM

A puzzling and contentious virus found in both farmed and wild salmon in B.C. waters doesn’t negatively impact the performance of sockeye salmon, a new laboratory study suggests.
First Nation’s court victory sets precedent for equitable compensation
July 21, 2021 - 9:00 PM

More than 90 years after the Lac Seul First Nation’s reserve land was flooded to build a hydroelectric dam, Chief Clifford Bull says his people may finally receive just compensation.
Old-growth activists say they are allied with First Nations. Is that really true?
June 21, 2021 - 7:00 PM

Huu-ay-aht Chief Coun. Robert J. Dennis Sr. is blunt in his assessment of old-growth activists in southwestern Vancouver Island who remain in First Nations' territories despite being asked to leave.
Ottawa nixes restock requests for contentious B.C. fish farms
June 17, 2021 - 8:00 PM

The federal fisheries minister has denied an international aquaculture company the right to stock contentious fish farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands for a second time.
Wilson-Raybould has a message for Ottawa: Stop off-loading responsibility for reconciliation
June 14, 2021 - 7:00 AM

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Can luxury brands drive B.C. old-growth logging out of business?
June 10, 2021 - 9:00 PM

While a pitched battle is underway to save old-growth trees on the West Coast, a B.C.-based non-profit is conscripting a contingent of global and luxury brands that are pledging to eliminate packaging made from the world’s ancient and endangered forests.
Fairy Creek crackdown on Vancouver Island leads to more arrests, protests
May 21, 2021 - 9:32 AM

RCMP unexpectedly arrested a number of old-growth activists with the Fairy Creek blockades inside the control zone near the Caycuse Camp yesterday morning.
Seaweed cultivation is a growing trend on Canada’s West Coast
May 17, 2021 - 9:00 PM
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There’s a surge of excitement around seaweed cultivation on the West Coast if the heavy-hitters on the speakers’ list of an upcoming inaugural conference on the topic is any measure of interest.
Canada's oceans on the crest of a transformative decade
May 11, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Canada is in the enviable position of having the longest coastline in the world.
A look at the unhealthy toll COVID-19 has taken on mothers
May 09, 2021 - 6:00 PM

With some schools closed for large chunks of the past year and specific exposure to COVID-19 sending children home intermittently even when they are open, it has fallen largely to their mothers to pick up the additional child-care duties.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Kentucky to help connect patients with medical providers as part of its medical cannabis program
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will offer an online directory to help connect patients with medical providers as it prepares for the start of its medical cannabis program in 2025, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. So far, 154 doctors a

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

News Items tag as: National Observer

Virus abundant in West Coast waters doesn’t appear to impact sockeye salmon fitness

First Nation’s court victory sets precedent for equitable compensation

Old-growth activists say they are allied with First Nations. Is that really true?

Ottawa nixes restock requests for contentious B.C. fish farms

Wilson-Raybould has a message for Ottawa: Stop off-loading responsibility for reconciliation

Can luxury brands drive B.C. old-growth logging out of business?

Fairy Creek crackdown on Vancouver Island leads to more arrests, protests

Seaweed cultivation is a growing trend on Canada’s West Coast

Canada's oceans on the crest of a transformative decade

A look at the unhealthy toll COVID-19 has taken on mothers

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