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by Contributor on Wednesday Jun 30 2021 Earlier this month, as public pressure mounted in Fairy Creek, across the province, and right here in the West Kootenays, the BC NDP Government finally honoured the request of the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht, and Huu-ay-aht First Nations, and deferreding (temporarily stopped) old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed and central Walbran areas in their territories for two years. In September of 2020, the Province released “A New Future for Old Forests,” an independent strategic review of old-growth forest management in British Columbia. This detailed report revealed that we simply can’t harvest timber or manage forests using past approaches if we hope to conserve these ancient forests for us today and for our children. The findings also resulted in 14 recommendations to ensure sustainable, long-term management of old-growth forests, with a key pillar being working closely with Indigenous Peoples. ....
All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at . SHARES Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman received a letter from seven organizations focused on energy, equity and the climate crisis urging a reset for BC’s utilities regulator, which they call a ‘barrier’ to needed change. Photo: BC government Flickr. Advocacy groups are encouraging the British Columbia government to overhaul the commission that regulates BC Hydro and other utilities so that it can better support a transition to cleaner energy and other provincial goals. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Recovery from disaster is a long process, as this Museum of Anthropology exhibition demonstrates. Open until Sept. 5. ....
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by Timothy Schafer on Tuesday June 01 2021 Nelson Farmers Market is now under control of the city through the Nelson and District Youth Centre. A possible return of the Nelson Farmer’s Market to Baker Street on Wednesday and the future role of founding organization West Kootenay EcoSociety are questions left unanswered as the new market season has begun. Although the market had a late start to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 outbreak last year, it still managed to move ahead and host 37 markets overall by the time the season ended in late fall, said market manager Jordan Martin in an online report to city council recently. ....