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

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

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

Does logging make BC forests safer from wildfire? Evidence from Mount Underwood and boreal forests suggests otherwise.

For centuries, corporations have been pilfering public assets for profit. This issue features people and communities standing up for their neighbours and the environment, one local battle at a time.

The village of Cumberland, a former coal-mining centre on Vancouver Island, is exploring the possibility of harnessing geothermal energy from the water in abandoned mine shafts. The ground beneath the ...

In the tiny Vancouver Island community of Fanny Bay, residents are waging a fight against foreign control of their groundwater resources. Every summer, local wells drop sharply and some run dry.

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 ...

A dark spectre is looming over the heads of everyone who lives here. More than any other province, Alberta is about to be carved up by companies proposing to build more than 90 large-scale data ...