Opinion

Wildfires are sweeping B.C. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than $230 million — and the season is far from over. It's not just B.C.

Given their cryptic habits and propensity for camouflage, looking for reptiles and amphibians is a scavenger hunt at the best of times.

Grizzly bears have been hunted in B.C. as trophy kills for over 16 years — and for almost as long people have been asking for it to stop.

What are you doing to lower emissions? I'm pleased that columnist Leslie Anthony ( Pique , Range Rover, Aug.10) has connected the dots between anthropogenic climate change and B.C.'s wildfires.

There are two stories about the assault on Fuerte Paramacay military barracks in Carabobo state on Sunday, Aug. 6. The Venezuelan government says that half the 20 attackers were killed or captured, and the rest are being hunted down. Sgt.

D ear Justin, The smoke is back. Well, not only back, but it's been here for more than a week. No cause for alarm, though. We can handle it. Just wanted to let you know not to worry about us because I figure you have your hands full.

Preventing fires is up to us Recently, we installed 14 new fire extinguishers, one for every deck at 2014 London Lane.

It's true there are trees so close to my house you can reach out and touch them.

Governments change — along with laws, regulations and priorities. In Canada, we've seen environmental laws implemented, then weakened or overturned, then strengthened and re-instated.

As opposed to municipalities around the continent that cull pestilential non-migratory Canada geese, The Resort Municipality of Whistler's approach is to have an "acceptable" goose population, where numbers neither significantly impact the environmen