Environment

Climate experts: the Island’s early heatwave was notable, but not a major cause for concern

Nature cleanups: good for the forest, great for your brain

Saanich mayor condemns vandalism at PKOLS Mount Douglas Park

'We thought we had an agreement': Dog owners push back on Panama Flats bylaw discussion postponement

New Southern Resident orca census confirms population growth remains stunted

Algae bloom turns coastal waters off Vancouver Island tropical blue

Photo challenge could give a 'peak' into the past

Saving the Southern Resident killer whales: how VR and community science drive real change

Wind, rain, and ruin: Iconic wilderness trails limp into summer after storm season

Old-growth forest protections could save BC billions, study determines

Victoria's cruise port aims for shore power integration amid fiscal uncertainty

After years of delays, onshore power primed for Ogden Point

FortisBC pitches Sooke council on keeping gas on tap in new builds

Pollution expert report says contaminants present in the Tod Creek Watershed

How a river became a person—with help from UVic environmental lawyers

More work to be done on Saanich climate action plan

Great BC ShakeOut reminds us we're in an area that could suddenly shake violently

Candidates are making election promises on behalf of ecosystems that can’t vote

The Mermaid Creek Salt Marsh: Is Mother Nature in charge, or are we?

Single-use bylaw enacted by Victoria includes opt-out options

For the CRD, climate change remains an economic challenge, not a cultural one

Invasive plant species to look out for on Vancouver Island

Citizen scientists track the shift in BC's seasons

City investigating allegations of polluted water dumped in a creek leading into Gorge

Summer is the season for worrisome spikes in some bacteria

Feds urged to use emergency order to save endangered orcas

Victoria joins New York, Seattle, and others in push to make commercial buildings greener

Delays, disruptions, fires, and health concerns: CRD's biosolids plan beset with issues

BC misses the mark with old-growth update, critics claim

PKOLS-Mt. Doug tower will be parked near old one

PKOLS communications tower location expected to be revealed at open house

Rays of hope for kelp and climate in south Salish Sea

Saanich to explore lawsuit against Big Oil

Burrowing success: Marmot Recovery Foundation works to give Vancouver Island marmots a paws-itive future

South Island First Nations question the true cost of shipping in Salish Sea

More questions follow criticisms of CRD public consultation

New downtown park planned for closed Romeo lot

Poop happens: The debate about how we manage biowaste is serious

Magic mountain, melting snow: Climate uncertainty in the Comox Valley

BBC’s Planet Earth does a deep dive on whale poo in Island waters

A Comox Valley water fight heads to court

Experts expect mild winter conditions on Island, concerns for drought season next year

Largest spill response ship in Canada docks at Ogden Point

Already a record year for killer whale sightings in the Salish Sea

Salmon SWAT teams deployed on Island to help fish during drought

It’s a new season of whale song on the West Coast

Alberta’s fossil fuels ‘war room’ singles out an Island municipality for battle

What will two years of drought do to the Island's salmon runs?

Burned Out: Pressures Are Taking a Toll on Wildfire Fighters

Farming for the climate future

New federal cruise ship rules don't plug loopholes for major source of wastewater pollution

Bamberton Quarry expansion won’t receive an environmental assessment after all

"This is how we live now": Island families in the age of wildfires

Behind the aquarium walls

“Birders, not blockaders” ask BC to protect old growth in Fairy Creek to save marbled murrelets

#NoMowMay won’t save Island ecosystems—plant camas instead

Local scientists eavesdropping on fish to fathom their underwater secrets

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s newest exhibition on mushrooms includes a slice of Fairy Creek

Troubled waters: Advocates await federal solutions to container ship spills and lost sea cans

Elephant seal birth caught on camera at Race Rocks

Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island ‘not ramping down’ as disruptive UK protests called off

Harnessing the ocean: Julie Angus talks ‘blue economy’ at Capital Daily Festival

Less water, fewer farmers: Why BC Christmas tree farms are at risk

North Saanich development protest highlights ALR frustrations

The story of the Vancouver Island marmot: One of Canada’s most endangered species

The Price of Paper

Environmental sustainability gets a passing grade in Vital Signs report, but there’s still lots of room for improvement

Still light: Portraits of a Trial Islands lighthouse keeper

Filmmaker-turned social media educator Ross Reid wants you to get nerdy about BC’s forests

Victoria has barely had any rain in months. The effects could be long-lasting

Vegetation in Victoria is equally accessible to most, study shows

Report raises alarms about logging in BC’s proposed deferral zones

Cruise ships are back—so is their waste

Lawsuit aims to prevent oil and gas drilling off coast of North Island

Two years after Fairy Creek blockades began, old-growth battle continues

Stricter local requirements planned for new buildings’ emissions

Mount Cain was built by loggers—but now logging has come to the mountain

‘Turned a blind eye’: US judge rules Whidbey Island growler jets broke environmental law

Heat warning issued in Victoria and parts of Vancouver Island

CRD board rejects Central Saanich request to back out of climate action service

Invasive species, biosolids, and algae blooms: how are Victoria’s lakes doing?

‘It smelled like death’: One year after the heat dome killed billions of marine animals, scientists watch for signs of life

A community’s quest to document every species on their Island home

Five arrested, but at least four won’t see charges from Fairy Creek camp

One year after Victoria’s hottest day on record, here’s what’s changed—and what hasn’t

How ‘water detectives’ are protecting cities from flooding and scarcity, one stream at a time

Fisheries minister renews BC salmon farming licences, maintains phase-out plans

How the RCMP convinced a court to censor Capital Daily

Cruise ships could face heftier CRD waste fees in 2024

If it's too windy to clean up an oil spill, is it too windy to ship oil?

Protester injured from ladder fall during Pat Bay Highway blockade

Author Lyndsie Bourgon on BC’s connection to the larger problem of timber poaching

As Island seaweed industry grows, new report questions the carbon benefits

Island snowpacks are 90% higher than normal. Is that good or bad news for us?

Off-leash dog debate out-of-hand at Cadboro Bay beach

Watching kelp grow: Cascadia Seaweed and Tsawout Nation partner in burgeoning seaweed industry

The Jordan River was once brimming with salmon, until three industries changed it forever

Fairy Creek lawyers asking BC court to throw out charges based on RCMP conduct

Fairy Creek injunction is back in place by order of the BC appeal court

Thousands of US growler jets fly south of Victoria each year. Can wildlife handle the noise?