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VANCOUVER — A study that links low summertime water flows in a British Columbia river with lower productivity across 22 generations of a struggling salmon population could help guide how rivers are managed to support fish, the authors say.

The study published Friday in the journal Ecological Solutions and Evidence used data from 1992 to 2013 to examine changes in the productivity of early summer chinook in the Nicola River, a tributary of the Thompson River in B.C.'s southern Interior.

A study that links low summertime water flows in a British Columbia river with lower productivity across 22 generations of a struggling salmon population could help guide how rivers are managed to support fish, the authors say.

As conservation organizations and governments around the globe grapple with the devastating effects of climate change and overexploitation, the legal battle fought over the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), one of the world’s most endangered large whale species, may provide insights into how litigation can help—or hinder—efforts to save species from extinction.

There’s an iniquitous secret in the forests of Alberta. Poison traps bait unsuspecting wildlife causing shockwaves of death like a landmine. The boreal forest…

Outbreak at Kelly Cove Salmon's two farms first after a "long, long time" of the company saying the parasites aren't an issue here, EAC says.

Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia worked in opposition to proposed regulations to crack down on contaminated wastewater from coal mines

Chaplin Lake and its surrounding grasslands in southern Saskatchewan are an essential stop for migrating birds on their way to the Arctic.

EDMONTON — More than 70% of boreal woodland caribou herds in Canada are in decline, and recent analysis suggests that provincial exemptions allowing forestry and oil and gas activities in critical habitat have accelerated the trend.

Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers from Nelson will join counterparts from Victoria Thursday in a provincial rally calling on the government to act in the face of the growing ecological threat to health. Organized by Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast and (KB) Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health in Nelson, the marchers will demand that the provincial