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Glyphosate use in B.C. forestry, explained | The Narwhal
Dec 18, 2024 · For decades, forestry companies in B.C. have used glyphosate and other herbicides to kill off trembling aspen, a deciduous tree the industry and the provincial government view as unwanted competition for conifers destined to become timber.
A guide to the Ontario Greenbelt’s endangered species, waterways …
Nov 18, 2021 · Ontario’s Greenbelt ‘had quite a few very noisy opponents’ By the early 2000s, environmentalists were starting to feel like they were losing hold on the larger region through individual municipal development battles, said Burkhard Mausberg, the founding CEO of the Greenbelt Foundation, which stewards the protected area, and a longtime leader at various environmental non-profits.
$375-million Indigenous-led conservation deal signed in N.W.T.
Nov 21, 2024 · The event, which took place at the Behchokǫ̀ Cultural Centre, opened with a fire-feeding ceremony on the edge of a frozen lake. Later, attendees moved indoors, where they listened to leaders’ reflections on the occasion, shared a lunch and, finally, pushed aside the tables and chairs to dance under a large drum-shaped light fixture.
Manitoba Hydro's impacts on Indigenous lives in the north - The …
Nov 7, 2020 · A portrait of a young girl on the streets of Easterville, Manitoba. Easterville is the reserve community of the Chemawawin Cree Nation, founded in 1962 after they were forcibly relocated during the construction of the Grand Rapids …
The Site C dam in British Columbia - The Narwhal
Jan 16, 2025 · Two Treaty 8 First Nations are awaiting court dates for civil actions that allege the Site C dam and the two previous dams on the Peace River unjustifiably violate their constitutionally protected treaty rights.. Construction started on the dam in fall 2015 and B.C. Premier Christy Clark vowed to get the project past the “point of …
A conversation with iconic artist Robert Bateman | The Narwhal
May 24, 2020 · Robert Bateman turns 90 today, and it will be a day like any other. He will wake up at 6:45 a.m., turn on CBC Radio and look out the window at the birds brunching at the feeders while he enjoys breakfast in bed (four scoops of yogurt, seeds and fruit, in …
Mining in Canada: Latest News and Updates | The Narwhal
Jan 16, 2025 · A tailings pond in northwest B.C. at Imperial Metals' Red Chris mine, which produces copper, gold and silver. Documents obtained by The Narwhal reveal the B.C. government is considering marketing the province's copper — and other natural resources — as 'low carbon' to earn emissions credits.
B.C.’s big bet on LNG: 5 projects you need to know | The Narwhal
Mar 14, 2024 · 5. Cedar LNG: Haisla chief councillor says the Kitimat-based floating LNG plant represents a ‘path to achieve healing’ Last March, the B.C. government approved Cedar LNG, a partnership between the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation.Touted as the first Indigenous-majority-owned LNG facility (Ksi Lisims could be the second), the floating liquefaction and export terminal would be ...
The art of fire: reviving the Indigenous craft of cultural burning ...
Sep 20, 2020 · Cultural burns, on the other hand, are done to fortify the land. Reducing the risk of wildfires is but one of the benefits of cultural burns, which aim to promote the growth of medicinal and food plants, such as mushrooms, berries and wild onions, and …