Indigenous groups in Northern Ontario have announced a ban on blanket herbicide use, while citizens' groups resort to direct ...

When COP16, the Convention of Biodiversity, sputtered to a halt on Saturday November 2, a lot of work was left unfinished.

The word “Anthropocene” describes a geological age in which humans, through their activities, have an outsized impact on climate and the environment. Paradoxically, because of these same impacts, ...

The majority of Atlantic salmon sold in BC tested positive for PRV. This means millions of Atlantic salmon along the BC Coast ...

Protecting the urban forest is a greater priority with every passing year. The human livability of cities may be at stake.

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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 ...

Last year, as wildfire smoke engulfed Edmonton, I documented just exactly how wrong I was as a kid about the world's problems.

On the first of May, 2024, the new pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby was put into service with a planned capacity to ...