A fallen Western Red cedar tree at Francis/King Regional Park in Saanich, B.C., Thursday, May 26, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
An agreement to delay logging in an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada s most endangered species.
Governments now have to come up with a permanent way to protect the vanishing spotted owl and other endangered species in the province, said Kegan Pepper-Smith of Ecojustice, which has been pushing the federal government on the issue. We need to reimagine an approach that protects (species) and their habitat with legally enforceable measures.
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While Canada trails much of the Western world in the number of vaccines deployed to date, today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Moderna will deliver 1.3 million doses next month. That will see about two million in all arrive in the first quarter of this year which Trudeau noted is “even more than promised.”