New GM tomato seeds in Canada raise concerns about labelling, contamination, and threats to seed saving and food sovereignty.

One summer, I became a forester, believing I could protect the forest I loved. I left understanding how naive that belief was ...

In winter 2025, a barge carrying a crane moved slowly into the Courtenay River estuary to remove the last remains of the old sawmill. For weeks, 20-metre-long rusty steel pilings were wrenched from ...

Back in May 2023, my small Métis community of around 300 people, East Prairie Métis Settlement, was devastated by a wildfire. Located in Treaty 8 territory, our community – also known as Pahkan-Wacis ...

Old-growth forests in British Columbia hold a prized position in our collective imagination. Our relationships with these places define our regional identity. We often picture them as valleys of ...

BC's timber barons could have found ways to make the industry sustainable, but instead they logged centuries of forests in a few decades. From endless "talk-and-log," to the public cost of watershed ...

I live in Qualicum Beach, on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia. Qualicum Beach has 26 kilometres of old asbestos cement (AC) water distribution pipes. Like many communities across Canada, ...

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 ...

In December 2025, Domtar announced it would permanently close its pulp mill in Crofton, on Vancouver Island, ending nearly seven decades of operation and eliminating about 350 jobs. The company’s ...

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 ...

After decades of protests, environmental violations, government fines, and civil claims, it’s the end of an era. Crofton’s embattled pulp mill is shutting down after 68 years, leaving 350 workers ...

Seed is the foundation of our food system. Who controls seed, how new plant varieties are developed, who benefits from seed, and how decisions are made about seed all have big consequences. Canada’s ...