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Toxic tire chemicals are killing salmon. What can be done about it?

By Julie Chadwick ● Vancouver Island ● August 1, 2024

Experts are zeroing in on how to control 6PPD-Q via lawsuits, regulation and rain gardens.

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A trail with dappled light and evergreen trees. A small tree is growing out of an old stump in the foreground.

Comox Valley Land Trust seeks to raise $2.4M to protect trees in Puntledge Forest

By Madeline Dunnett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ● Comox Valley ● July 18, 2024

Comox Valley Land Trust has successfully purchased 61 hectares of trees in the Puntledge Forest and is fundraising to purchase and protect another 37 hectares.

A man in the foreground stands at a creek lined with green trees. A woman in a baseball cap and man stand further up the river

Coho killer: How researchers uncovered a tire toxin decimating salmon populations

By Julie Chadwick ● Nanaimo ● July 11, 2024

Scientists across North America have joined forces to save salmon from a toxic chemical known as 6PPD-Quinone.

A group of people stand on a street looking at a tree.

More than two dozen trees featured in Comox Valley Nature’s 2024 Trees of the Year list

By Madeline Dunnett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ● Comox Valley ● June 19, 2024

Official guided walks are over until the fall, but community members can still tour the 27 trees found throughout the Comox Valley.

A full, dammed lake is shown with a railing access point and pipes.

Q&A: How bad is Level 5 drought for residents of Nanaimo?

By Julie Chadwick ● Nanaimo ● August 3, 2023

An interview with the City of Nanaimo’s longtime general manager of engineering and public works on the effects of drought on the local water supply.

Wetland ecologist Scott Black at Harewood Plains

‘It’s better than Disneyland’: Local environmentalists unite to protect Harewood Plains

By Julie Chadwick ● Nanaimo ● July 20, 2023

One of B.C.’s rarest ecosystems is slated to become a subdivision. Local environmentalists say it’s ‘too precious to potentially lose.’

Professor Caroline Josefsson, left, and VIU student Megan Kollman replant seedlings into the p'hwulhp ecosystem restoration plot at the Nanaimo campus.

Could p’hwulhp (Garry oak) ecosystems strengthen Vancouver Island’s climate resilience?

By Lys Morton ● Nanaimo ● June 29, 2023

VIU’s p’hwulhp project restores the rare and endangered ecosystem on campus while researching how the drought-hardy tree could survive a warming climate.

A rear view of people with placards and posters on global strike for climate change.

Nanaimo Climate Pledge wants residents to know their actions can make an outsized difference

By Lys Morton ● Nanaimo ● February 9, 2023

The new pilot project aims to motivate Nanaimo residents to take action to address the climate crisis while studying how communication translates to action.

Federal Court of Appeal orders Canada fix ‘flawed’ Trans Mountain project

By Lucy Scholey, APTN News ● Environment ● August 30, 2018

First Nations, stakeholders, react to court’s decision to void Trans Mountain pipeline

By Emma Paling, HuffPost Canada ● Environment ● August 30, 2018

Toxic tire chemicals are killing salmon. What can be done about it?

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Comox Valley Land Trust seeks to raise $2.4M to protect trees in Puntledge Forest

Coho killer: How researchers uncovered a tire toxin decimating salmon populations

More than two dozen trees featured in Comox Valley Nature’s 2024 Trees of the Year list

Q&A: How bad is Level 5 drought for residents of Nanaimo?

‘It’s better than Disneyland’: Local environmentalists unite to protect Harewood Plains

Nanaimo Climate Pledge wants residents to know their actions can make an outsized difference

Federal Court of Appeal orders Canada fix ‘flawed’ Trans Mountain project

First Nations, stakeholders, react to court’s decision to void Trans Mountain pipeline

Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society name change to Ballenas ‘in discussion’ for years,’ says CEO

10 ways to better support tenants with vulnerabilities due to income, age or disabilities

‘I want it to stop’: Tenants and advocates allege bullying by non-profit housing provider

Q and A: What are vulnerable tenants rights in non-profit housing?

Who will protect low-income seniors from dying in extreme heat?

Seniors left in distress — or dead — for days in Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society units