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Japanese Fishing Boat Washes Up In B.C.

CBC | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia

A fishing boat owned by a Japanese couple and lost in the 2011 tsunami has brought two women from opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean together after t...

B.C. Haida Gwaii Earthquake Preps Stalled By Feds, Says B.C. MP

Robin Rowland | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Robin Rowland

The Stephen Harper government is stalling on requests for better earthquake preparation on B.C.'s Haida Gwaii, according to NDP MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, Nathan Cullen.

Worst-Case Spill Outweighs Oil Rewards: Study

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.10.2013 | Canada British Columbia

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The financial costs of a worst-case scenario tanker spill off the north coast of British Columbia could outweigh the economic re...

Why We Don't Need Carbon Cowboys

Jens Wieting | Posted 01.11.2013 | Canada
Jens Wieting

The controversial geo-engineering and salmon restoration project off the coast of Haida Gwaii received more international criticism this month. The mind-boggling part of the story is that there is no need whatsoever to dump iron into the ocean to support nature to help us in the fight against global warming, especially not along the West Coast of North America.

How BC Zoned Out On The Tsunami Warning

Robin Rowland | Posted 01.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Robin Rowland

Kitimat, B.C. and New York had one thing in common this week: the misuse and use of social media, Twitter and Facebook that spread both accurate warnings and dangerous misinformation about an impending disaster.

Haida Gwaii Islands Aftershocks Continue

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.04.2013 | Canada British Columbia

SANDSPIT, B.C. - The B.C. coast continues to feel the rumble of earthquake aftershocks.A magnitude-5.2 quake was recorded 90 kilometres southeast of S...

Haida Gwaii Earthquake Did WHAT?

CBC | Posted 01.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The recent West Coast earthquake appears to have shut off the water at the popular hot springs in Haida Gwaii's national park, but there is hope they ...

Not Waiting On A Tsunami

CP | James Keller | Posted 12.30.2012 | Canada

VANCOUVER - Lisa Kendall really only needs to answer two questions before she decides whether a tsunami might be heading towards her small community o...

Ottawa Didn't Authorize Iron Dumping: UN Delegate

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia

A controversial ocean fertilization experiment off the British Columbia coast highlights the urgent need for a worldwide regulatory regime to consider...

7.7 Quake Rattles B.C.

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.27.2012 | Canada British Columbia

QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - After a sleepless night of tsunami warnings and aftershocks, triggered by a massive earthquake off British Columbia's northwes...

BC #Earthquake: Twitter Reports And Reactions

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Just as quickly (if not quicker) as the U.S. Geological Survey reported that an earthquake had struck B.C.'s coastal Haida Gwaii Saturday night, the t...

Big Earthquake Shakes B.C. Coast

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 12.27.2012 | Canada British Columbia

UPDATE - Oct. 28, 2012: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was reported near Sandspit, B.C. Sunday at 11:54 local time. It has not resulted in a tsunami warni...

Iron Ocean Dump's Greatest Risk

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A small British Columbia First Nation making waves around the world with a controversial experiment in the Pacific Ocean is on the front l...

Haida Village Defends Ocean Dump

CP | James Keller and Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A tiny First Nations village that poured iron into the deep Pacific Ocean in an attempt to boost salmon stocks insisted Friday the project...

Feds, Haida At Odds Over Iron Dump

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Members of a prominent First Nation in British Columbia and the federal government appear to be at odds over a salmon-enhancement project ...

Controversial Project In B.C.'s Haida Gwaii

CBC | Posted 12.16.2012 | Canada British Columbia

An experimental project in which 100 tonnes of iron sulphate were dumped into the ocean off B.C.'s north coast is sparking controversy. T...

More Tsunami Strangeness Washes Ashore

CBC | Posted 07.08.2012 | Canada

A volleyball swept away from an area hit by last year's tsunami in Japan and found on a a B.C. beach has been identified as a commemorati...

Haunting Postcard From Japan Reaches B.C.

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.23.2012 | Canada

VANCOUVER - A 54-meter-long fishing vessel linked to last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has been spotted adrift off the British C...

Enbridge Offered First Nations Cash For Pipeline Review

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.14.2012 | Canada Business

VICTORIA - An aboriginal organization leading the fight to prevent oil tankers on the British Columbia coast once took money from Enbridge Inc., (TSX:...

Extreme Wind And Rain To Hit B.C. Coast

CBC | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada

A new storm system moving though B.C.'s North and Central coast threatens to bring rain and extremely high winds to an area already beate...

Learning the Value of Respect on Haida Gwaii

David Suzuki | Posted 10.25.2011 | Canada
David Suzuki

One of the first lessons I learned from First Nations communities was about the importance of respect. Without respect for each other, we don't listen and we fail to learn. But respect should extend beyond our fellow humans, to all the green things that capture the sun's energy and power the rest of life on Earth.