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Stories for week starting Monday, May 6, 2024

news

Saving Stranded Orcas with Whale Songs

How broadcasting the familiar calls of female killer whales saved two males from starvation in an isolated Alaska lagoon.

Larry Pynn, Today


news

Poll Finds Surging Conservatives and NDP in a Dead Heat

With the election five months away, BC United could be doomed.

Andrew MacLeod, Today


news

BC Says a Damning Federal Climate Progress Report Is Wrong

Government says the numbers don’t reflect the greenhouse gas reductions made in the province.

Andrew MacLeod, Today


news

Supportive-Housing Tenants Lose Hard-Won Rental Law Protections

‘People who are already severely disadvantaged, you’ve just wiped away their rights without a second thought.’

Jen St. Denis, Today


news

What Would BC Risk Shipping LNG by Rail?

‘Nobody’s had a Lac-Mégantic scenario yet with these containers,’ says one critic. ‘There's really no real-world data on how they behave.’

Amanda Follett Hosgood, Yesterday


opinion

Halt the Hurried Push to Expand Gambling in Vancouver

Citizens won a moratorium with safeguards that BC Lottery Corp. now wants the city to override.

Sandy Garossino, Ian Pitfield and Andy Yan, Yesterday


news

A Flawed Autopsy. A Dropped Murder Charge

Arlene Westervelt’s family believe she was murdered. But missteps by the coroners service and police have left the case unresolved.

Jen St. Denis, Yesterday


analysis

What H5N1 in US Dairy Says about the State of Public Health

Another pandemic is inevitable, and we need a better plan.

Crawford Kilian, Yesterday


culture

On Haida Gwaii, Falling Trees at the End of an Era

An excerpt from ‘The Last Logging Show.’

Aaron Williams, Yesterday


opinion

Here Are the Next Big Steps to Fix the Housing Crisis

Private developers aren’t going to do it alone. We need an explosion in public and non-profit housing.

Alex Hemingway, Yesterday


opinion

Please Advise! Who Will Win the Big Hockey Bet?

The premiers of Alberta and BC have thrown down. What will the loser be forced to proclaim?

Steve Burgess, 6 May 2024


news

Inside the Generational Fight for Indigenous Fishing Rights in Yuquot Bay

‘It wasn’t just their livelihood that was taken, but their identities as fishermen.’

Amy Romer, 6 May 2024


presents

21 Finalists Announced for the 2024 Land Awards

BC leaders in sustainable, equitable and socially just land use will be honoured June 13.

Real Estate Foundation of BC, 6 May 2024


culture

If Romance Is Dead, Opera’s Giving Me Life

‘Carmen’ is an old warhorse. Why I’m taken by its charms.

Dorothy Woodend, 6 May 2024


opinion

Why the UCP Is a Threat to Democracy

Political scientist Jared Wesley makes the case. And explains how Albertans should push back.

Jared Wesley, 6 May 2024