Environment

EDITORIAL – Horgan’s reluctant decision to approve Site C was the right call

December 12, 2017 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, SITE C is a go. Which leaves about half the people in B.C. happy as clams, and the other half mad as hatters. The [Continue]

GINTA – Why a different approach is needed this holiday season and beyond

December 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK, the conservation group Sea Legacy (co-founded by Canadian-born photographer and marine biologist Paul Nicklen and his partner Cristina Mittermeier, also a [Continue]

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]