Environment

VIEW FROM THE WILD – What to do with the McArthur Island golf course?

November 27, 2017 // 6 Comments

By JESSE RITCEY Kamloops Naturalist Club Golf at McArthur Island has come to end. What will come next? To answer that question, the Kamloops Naturalist Club has looked into [Continue]

EDITORIAL – God should have picked somebody else to look after animals

November 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN GOD gave humans stewardship over all creatures great and small, She really screwed up. According to scientists, some [Continue]

GINTA – We’re all guardians of our breathing space

November 13, 2017 // 2 Comments

IF YOU HIKE to the top of Peterson Creek Park on any given day, more so on a cold one, you’ll see a blanket of yellowish, dirty air draped over the valley. This is not new [Continue]

SUZUKI – Latest science shows the time has come to ban bee-killing pesticides

October 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CANADIAN government is banning plastic microbeads in toiletries. Although designed to clean us, they’re polluting the environment, putting the health of fish, wildlife [Continue]

LETTER – Tell MPs to protect our way of life on waterways

August 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

At present, the federal government is reviewing the Navigation Protection Act—that’s the law that should give all Canadians the right to paddle up and down this land’s [Continue]

SUZUKI – Environmental Protection Act review could strengthen human rights

August 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

GOVERNMENTS CHANGE — along with laws, regulations and priorities. It’s the nature of democracies. In Canada, we’ve seen environmental laws implemented, then weakened or [Continue]