Climate crisis

Stuart Westie has been tracking his fitness and environmental impact each year since 2011, and his efforts add up. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

B.C. senior tracks his shrinking environmental impact for over a decade

Stuart Westie started monitoring physical activity for health, then pivoted to environmental reasons

 

A solar farm is pictured in Wasserleben near Wernigerode at the ‘Harz’ mountains, Germany, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

VIDEO: Climate questions: What are the solutions?

Hundreds of potential solutions being explored

 

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‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Raise Sea Levels By Several Feet, Scientists Say

“We should expect to see big changes over small timescales in the…

 

Salmon Arm residents have written Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan, urging ‘ambitious action on the climate crisis.’ THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Letter: Salmon Arm residents urge B.C. premier, prime minister to take action on climate crisis

Leaders acknowledge need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while subsidizing fossil fuel industry

  • Jul 25, 2022
Salmon Arm residents have written Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan, urging ‘ambitious action on the climate crisis.’ THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
This image of the Salmon River, backed by Mount Ida, is taken from the Switzmalph/Salmon Arm area. (Image courtesy of Mary Thomas Jr.)

Ideas wanted: Shuswap Climate Action invites you to share your ideas on climate change

Event to be held Saturday, July 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Marine Peace Park gazebo

This image of the Salmon River, backed by Mount Ida, is taken from the Switzmalph/Salmon Arm area. (Image courtesy of Mary Thomas Jr.)
Reader calls on older adults to do their part to fight climate change because it’s their responsibility to younger people. (Courtesy photo)

Letter: Adults have a responsibilty to young people to fight climate change

Reader appreciates Salmon Arm Secondary students’ essays on the future

  • Jun 28, 2022
Reader calls on older adults to do their part to fight climate change because it’s their responsibility to younger people. (Courtesy photo)
In promoting and subsidizing LNG production and export, a letter writer says the B.C. government is promoting the very industry it should be phasing out. (Black Press file photo/AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Letter: Premier should recognize ‘mistake’ in promoting fossil fuels in B.C.

LNG production ‘leaks methane at every stage of the process’

  • Jun 27, 2022
In promoting and subsidizing LNG production and export, a letter writer says the B.C. government is promoting the very industry it should be phasing out. (Black Press file photo/AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
More than 150 people marched from Ross Street Plaza to city hall in Salmon Arm on Sept. 20, 2019, joining the global movement of Climate Strikes being held between Sept. 20 and 27. (File photo)

Letter: Canadian government giving billions in subsidies to oil and gas industry

On June 29, citizens taking action on federal government’s inaction regarding climate crisis

  • Jun 24, 2022
More than 150 people marched from Ross Street Plaza to city hall in Salmon Arm on Sept. 20, 2019, joining the global movement of Climate Strikes being held between Sept. 20 and 27. (File photo)
Jesse Wente, keynote speaker at the Southern Interior Local Government Association Convention in Salmon Arm April 27 to 29, told delegates that ‘to heal ourselves we must confront the trauma we have and that we cause.’ (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)

‘Spot on brain’ story helps urge Southern Interior leaders to promote healing

Author, broadcaster Jesse Wente receives standing ovation for talk at Salmon Arm convention

Jesse Wente, keynote speaker at the Southern Interior Local Government Association Convention in Salmon Arm April 27 to 29, told delegates that ‘to heal ourselves we must confront the trauma we have and that we cause.’ (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)
Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Harjit Sajjan, speaks at the Kelowna Innovation Centre, Apr, 11, 2022 (Capital News/Gary Barnes)

Minister Sajjan stops in Kelowna to talk federal budget highlights

The minister also talked about climate change and moving to a green economy

Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Harjit Sajjan, speaks at the Kelowna Innovation Centre, Apr, 11, 2022 (Capital News/Gary Barnes)
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Opinion: Envisioning climate adaptation through land and water management in 2052

Shuswap Passion by Jim Cooperman

  • Feb 19, 2022
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Jonathan Wilkinson makes an announcement in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Canada’s latest natural resources minister says in a country intent on helping to slow global warming without destroying the economy, his department can no longer be thought of mainly as the ministry for fossil fuels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

New minister says natural resources must evolve to include renewables, biofuels

Wilkinson is less bullish on the future for most oil

Jonathan Wilkinson makes an announcement in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Canada’s latest natural resources minister says in a country intent on helping to slow global warming without destroying the economy, his department can no longer be thought of mainly as the ministry for fossil fuels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
MP Richard Cannings, representing South Okanagan - West Kootenay, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh were in Penticton to cap off Singh’s most recent tour. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh visits Penticton to talk climate

Singh spoke in front of the same spot where climate rally was held the day before

MP Richard Cannings, representing South Okanagan - West Kootenay, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh were in Penticton to cap off Singh’s most recent tour. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Ocean Legacy Foundation members conduct a shoreline pollution cleanup in Vancouver. (OLP)

It’s time to end ‘suffocating’ plastic pollution along B.C. shorelines, advocates urge

This Earth Day, Ocean Legacy Foundation is launching a free educational platform to educate the public about plastic pollution

Ocean Legacy Foundation members conduct a shoreline pollution cleanup in Vancouver. (OLP)