ELC’s experts and reports are often featured in news media on a variety of subjects relating to environmental law. Below is a very small sampling of articles. For information about specific ELC reports, please see Our Work.
Latest News
- How the Competition Bureau found its muscle – and why that’s good news for consumers (2023 Jan 03) The Globe and Mail
- Teck Resources, B.C. government pressed Ottawa to resist investigation into coal mine pollution (2022 Nov 08) The Narwhal
- Turning the tide on greenwashing (2022 Oct 27) CBA National Magazine
- 9 things that could have been done to prevent the Sunshine Coast’s state of emergency (2022 Oct 21) The Narwhal
- Doubts downstream (2022 Oct 19) CBC News
- Canada’s Competition Bureau opens investigation into RBC’s alleged misleading advertising on climate action (2022 Oct 11) Stand.Earth
- Why doesn’t B.C. have mining regulations that Brazil, Ecuador and China already have? (2022 Oct 04) The Narwhal
- Groups call on British Columbians to know their rights to access public, natural spaces (2022 Aug 31) Saanich News
- University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre releases legal guide to help people access public lands (2022 Aug 30) CBC Radio
- University of Victoria publishes guide to help residents fight for public land access (2022 Aug 26) The Globe and Mail
- How to fight for the ‘right to roam’ on B.C.’s lands and waters (2022 Aug 25) Vancouver Sun
- How digital prospectors are staking First Nations land and private property in B.C. (2022 Jul 08) The Narwhal
- Restoration of shellfish harvesting in Coles Bay on agenda of North Saanich-Pauquachin First Nation meeting (2022 Jun 26) Saanich News
- A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne: Canada moves ahead with ban on single-use plastics (2022 Jun 20) Global News
- Why the International Joint Commission is Crucial to Solving the Elk Valley’s Selenium Problem (2022 May 25) Wildsight
- Canada Walks Back Position on IJC Reference for Kootenai Coal Mine Contamination (2022 May 20) Flathead Beacon
- B.C. watches as California subpoenas plastic industry over waste, alleged deception (2022 May 18) Victoria News
- Conservationists urge B.C. to protect bear dens ‘before it’s too late’ (2022 May 11) CTV News
- Water advocacy group launches campaign to protect Coquitlam-Burnaby creek (2022 May 10) Tri-City News
- Heroes and Zeros: Eastman Chemical vs. Keurig (2022 May 05) Corporate Knights
- What on Earth with Laura Lynch: Meet wolverine, a climate superhero (2022 May 01) CBC Radio
- Site C, B.C. Hydro slapped with environmental non-compliance order over potential acid rock drainage (2022 Apr 29) CBC News
- The Need to Protect Black Bear Dens on Vancouver Island (2022 Apr 29) Cortes Currents
- Daybreak South with Chris Walker (2022 Apr 28) CBC Radio
- Environmental groups, First Nations call for protection of bear dens across B.C. (2022 Apr 27) Chek News
- The Stream, April 20, 2022: Conservation Groups Say a Canadian Utility Company Failed to Rebuilt Habitats They Destroyed (2022 Apr 20) Circle of Blue
- BC Hydro falling short on environmental obligations, conservation group claims (2022 Apr 19) The Abbotsford News
- BC Hydro failing to fix environmental damage from dams, claims audit request (2022 Apr 19) North Shore News
- B.C. Hydro failing to live up to environmental obligations, say conservationists (2022 Apr 19) CBC News
- Conservation groups allege B.C. Hydro is not allocating enough funding to habitat restoration at its hydroelectric dams (2022 Apr 19) Vancouver Sun
- Greenwashing and the problem with single-use plastics (2022 Apr 15) The London Free Press
- Ottawa’s proposed single-use plastics ban is a step forward, but falls short (2022 Apr 06) The Globe and Mail
- Victory in Canada: Keurig Fines CA$ 3 Million for False Advertising (2022 Spring) ELAW Advocate
- Comment: Truth in advertising can help save the planet (2022 Mar 02) Times Colonist
- Competition Bureau says “Peel, Dump, Toss” to Greenwashing (2022 Feb 25) Stare Indecisis CFUV
- ‘Dead river flowing’: The Jordan River was once brimming with salmon, until three industries changed it forever (2022 Feb 14) Capital Daily
- Keurig Fined CA$ 3 Million for False Advertising (2022 Jan 24) ELAW
- Competition Bureau Prioritizes Greenwashing: Keurig Fined $3 Million Over Recyclability Claims (2022 Jan 14) Mondaq
- ‘They were clearly misleading’: UVic law team’s report results in multi-million dollar fine for Keurig Canada (2022 Jan 13) Chek News
- UVic report leads to $3-million fine against Keurig Canada over coffee pods (2022 Jan 11) Global News
- Competition Bureau fines Keurig Canada for claiming coffee pods were recyclable: UVic environmental law group (2022 Jan 11) Global News
- UVic law professor helps bring $3M fine to Keurig Canada for false environmental claims (2022 Jan 11) CTV News
- In case you missed it (2022 Jan 10) The Hill Times
- UVic law team triggers landmark decision over plastic coffee pods (2022 Jan 10) Times Colonist
- UVic law team behind landmark decision on plastic coffee pods (2022 Jan 09) Vancouver Sun
Click on the headings below to see past news reports relating to the ELC.
Freedom of Information
- Parksville environmental group wins fight to get information (2019 Feb 16) Times Colonist
- It’s official — the Harper government muzzled scientists. Some say it’s still happening (2018 Mar 22) CBC News
- Trudeau government has more to do to combat Harper-era muzzling of scientists: report (2018 Mar 18) Global News
- Harper government broke its own rules by muzzling scientists, investigation finds (2018 Mar 15) National Observer
- BC seeks public’s input on updating its freedom of information legislation (2018 Mar 6) Lawyer’s Daily
- BC must unlock environmental information (2017 Mar 26) Times Colonist
- Ottawa to consult on charity rules — but continue audits (2016 Sept 28) Tyee
- BC Ministry of Environment ordered to disclose soil-contamination tests (2016 Jun 29) Globe and Mail
- BC ministry change gives public online access to mine inspections and dam safety information (2016 Jun 15) Vancouver Sun
- BC Hydro should drop SLAPP suits against protesters (2016 May 25) The Province
- Province’s secrecy puts people’s health at risk (2016 May 21) Vancouver Sun
- Nine years of censorship (2016 May 3) Nature
- Law clinic battles province for water pollution report (2016 Feb 3) Times Colonist
- BC government withheld aquifer health information, complaint says (2016 Feb 3) Globe and Mail
Mining and Energy
- It’s time to end water pollution in the Elk Valley (2021 Sep 22) Wildsight
- Investigate water pollution in B.C.’s Elk Valley, environmental groups urge federal agencies (2021 Jul 22) The Globe and Mail
- Law reform network supports First Nation’s challenge against mining claim laws in B.C. (2021 Nov 04) Canadian Lawyer
- B.C. First Nation brings constitutional challenge to province’s Gold Rush-era mineral tenure law (2021 Nov 04) The Lawyer’s Daily
- British Columbia First Nation files legal action against coal claims citing failure to consult (2021 Oct 27) Mining.com
- First Nation files legal action against coal claims citing failure to consult (2021 Oct 27) Canadian Mining Journal
- Gitxaala launches court challenge over system that allows easy purchase of mineral rights in B.C. (2021 Oct 26) Vancouver Sun
- First Nation’s Legal Action Challenges B.C.’s Colonial Mining Law – Groups Urge Reform (2021 Oct 26) NewsWire.ca
- Talk of potential sale of Teck coal mines prompts concerns about contamination in B.C.’s Elk Valley (2021 Oct 4) The Narwhal
- Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit (2021 Sep 09) The Narwhal
- Environmental Watchdog Urged to Probe Canada’s ‘Regulatory Failure’ (2021 Sep 07) Flathead Beacon
- Kenney government urged by Edmonton water utility to halt new coal mines before ‘scientifically rigorous’ review (2021 Aug 27) The Narwhal
- Highlands resident group turns to Supreme Court for help on Millstream mining issue (2021 Jul 30) Saanich News
- How a fight against a Vancouver Island rock quarry became a battle to modernize B.C.’s mining laws (2021 Jul 29) The Narwhal
- Coal Wire, Issue 378 (2021 Jul 22) CoalWire.org
- Federal watchdog urged to investigate Canada’s ‘longstanding failure’ to stop B.C. Elk Valley coal mine pollution (2021 Jul 16) The Narwhal
- B.C. mining legislation out of date, needs to address reality of climate change: legal observers (2021 Jun 29) The Lawyer’s Daily
- Audit of B.C.’s tailings pond regulations casts shadow on government’s ‘world class’ mining claims (2021 Jun 18) The Narwhal
- Consider climate change, Highlanders argue in quarry court appeal (2021 Jun 11) The Discourse
- Mining reform needed to prevent costly conflicts, advocates say (2021 May 28) The Discourse
- B.C.’s Copper Mountain mine proposes major tailings pond expansion, sparking cross-border concern (2021 Apr 29) The Narwhal
- Mining giant’s historic penalty prompts environmentalists to call for stricter coal-mining rules (2021 Mar 28) The Globe and Mail
- Efforts underway to breathe life back into Kamloops’s Ajax mine (2020 Dec 3) Kamloops News
- BC holds only $1 million security for up to $100-million cleanup of Tulsequah Chief mine (2020 Aug 21) Province
- BC Court dismisses complaint over environmental assessment exemption for fracking dams (2020 May 6) Lawyer’s Daily
- BC taxpayers on the hook for $1.2 billion in mine cleanup costs: chief inspector report (2020 Mar 6) Narwhal
- BC First Nations should require full clean-up costs up-front for mines: new study (2019 Nov 8) Narwhal
- Groups call on BC to fund Indigenous monitoring of mines in traditional territories (2019 Oct 30) Narwhal
- ‘When are they going to ensure the polluter pays?’: proposed BC mining reforms don’t go far enough (2019 Oct 25) Narwhal
- BC municipalities commit to 100% renewable energy (2019 Oct 13) Vancouver Co-op Radio interview with Deborah Curran
- Canada’s fossil fuel subsidies amount to $1,650 per Canadian. It’s got to stop. (2019 Oct 3) Narwhal
- May is BC Mining Month (2019 May 22) CFAX 1070 interview with Calvin Sandborn
- Recovery of BC mining continued in 2018, but faces headwinds, new PwC report says (2019 May 17) Vancouver Sun
- BC’s ‘archaic’ mining laws urgently need update: 30 groups (2019 May 15) Narwhal
- BC needs to act quickly to prevent future mine-tailings disasters (2019 Mar 4) Province
- BC needs a ‘polluter pays’ policy for mines (2019 Jan 9) Province
- ‘Do my best. Fulfill my obligations’: How Lana Lowe became a land champion for the Fort Nelson First Nation in the midst of a fracking explosion (2018 Sep 10) Tyee
- BC needs ‘cops that are not also travelling salesmen’ to regulate mining industry, lawyer says (2018 Aug 28) Star Vancouver
- ‘It’s an environmental law-free zone’: BC Auditor General asked to investigate unregulated placer mining (2018 Apr 16) DeSmog Canada
- BC government withheld information on dangers of unregulated fracking dams (2018 Apr 2) Tyee
- BC government suppressed details about potentially dangerous, unregulated fracking dams (2018 Mar 30) DeSmog Canada
- Mount Polley disaster escapes BC law because of government policy on private prosecutions (2018 Feb 19) Georgia Straight
- No provincial charges for Mount Polley mining disaster, but possibility of federal charges remain (2017 Aug 3) Vancouver Sun
- Notley says BC must allow Alberta access to the coast (2017 May 31) Globe and Mail
- Amnesty releases report on human rights impact of Mt Polley tailings breach (2017 May 27) My Prince George Now
- A dam big problem: fracking companies build dozens of unauthorized dams in BC’s northeast (2017 May 3) DeSmog Canada
- What’s changed on the ground since the Mount Polley mine disaster? (2017 Apr 12) Tyee
- BC rejects request for inquiry into mining practices (2017 Apr 11) DeSmog Canada
- Millions in political donations prompt call for review of BC mining regulations (2017 Apr 7) CBC News
- Comparing mine management in BC and Alaska is embarrassing (and explains why Alaskans are so mad) (2017 Apr 5) DeSmog Canada
- 60 years later, Alaska still calling BC to task on a mine leak through its river (2017 Apr 5) CBC News
- Public inquiry formally requested to investigate BC’s shoddy mining rules (2017 Mar 8) DeSmog Canada
- Regulatory chaos leaves taxpayers on hook for mining messes (2017 Mar 7) Vancouver Sun
- First Nations coalition demands BC inquiry into mining practices (2017 Mar 7) Globe and Mail
- Contrary to Clark’s belief, opposition to LNG project is about science (2016 Mar 13) Globe and Mail
Professional Reliance and Environmental Assessment
- The Reinvention of Kevin Falcon (2021 May 20) The Tyee
- Cooling the rhetoric on Canada’s environmental assessment efforts (2019 Mar 18) National Post
- Industry-hired experts downplay impacts of major projects: UBC study (2018 Dec 21) Narwhal
- How post-truth politics is sinking debate on environmental assessment reform (2018 Oct 12) National Post
- BC’s big opportunity to fix under-regulated industry is here (and you’ve probably never heard of it) (2018 Jun 23) Narwhal
- BC looking to reform environmental assessments for major projects (2018 Jun 19) CBC Radio interview with Calvin Sandborn
- New legislation aimed at SLAPP lawsuits met with wide support in BC (2018 May 22) Lawyer’s Daily
- Professional reliance – environment compromised for corporate profit (2018 Feb 8) Vancouver Sun
- BC environment has suffered from a history of ‘reliance’ (2018 Feb 2) Tyee
- How BC outsourced environmental protection (and what you can do about it) (2018 Jan 18) DeSmog Canada
- NDP reviews use of hired guns to study environmental risks (2017 Aug 13) Province
- BC questions having industry-hired experts assess project risks (2017 Aug 12) Times Colonist
- Biologically diverse BC to benefit from pledge for endangered-species law (2017 July 25) Vancouver Sun
- Is it time to stop relying on professional reliance? (2017 Mar 4) CBC News
- BC Environment Minister cancels waste discharge permit at Shawnigan Lake (2017 Feb 23) CTV News
- BC cancels Cobble Hill waste-discharge permit near Shawnigan Lake (2017 Feb 23) Globe and Mail
- Another wild west show?: BC’s regulatory experiment with professional reliance (2017 Feb 21) Tyee
- Does the turmoil over a contaminated soil dump near Shawnigan Lake point to problems with BC environmental assessments? (2017 Jan 30) CBC News Radio interview with Calvin Sandborn
- Shawnigan decision reveals policy flaws: critic (2017 Jan 30) Times Colonist
- Shawnigan Lake residents win a round in quarry battle (2017 Jan 24) Times Colonist
- Professional reliance experiment a regulatory failure? (2016 Sept) Focus Magazine
Public Access
- Decades-long battle over 2 B.C. lakes shines light on public access to Crown lands (2021 Apr 21) CBC News
- Calvin Sandborn: B.C. needs a right to roam law (2021 Apr 5) Vancouver Sun
- Fight over lakes prime example of need for public access legislation in B.C.: legal expert (2021 Mar 16) The Lawyer’s Daily
- The right to roam? Not in B.C. you don’t (2021 Mar 12) Vernon News
- Douglas Todd: Pressure on B.C. government to fix trespassing laws that favour U.S. billionaire and other landowners (2021 Mar 11) Vancouver Sun
- Fish and game club plans to take Douglas Lake dispute to Supreme Court of Canada (2021 Mar 11) Kamloops News
- The right to roam BC’s back roads to access Crown land (2020 Jan 6) CFAX 1070 interview with Calvin Sandborn
- British Columbians fight US billionaire for the ‘right to roam’ in the wild (2019 Dec 13) Vancouver Sun
- ‘Landmark’ victory for public access, but impact for Island is murky (2018 Dec 11) Times Colonist
- Encroaching on public land near Gorge ‘not acceptable’, Esquimalt warns property owners (2018 May 3) Times Colonist
- Unblock access to public waterway, groups tell local council (2018 Mar 6) CBC News
- Report finds neighbours encroaching on public land (2018 Feb 20) CTV News Vancouver Island
- Private landowners encroaching on public land (2018 Feb 20) CFAX 1070 interview with Calvin Sandborn
- Private landowners sprawling onto public land, Saanich council told (2018 Feb 20) Times Colonist
- Environmentalists call on Saanich to protect public waterfront (2018 Feb 20) Saanich News
- Unlock access to wilderness (2017 Mar 6) Times Colonist
- A David and Goliath fight over back country (2017 Jan 24) Times Colonist
- Don’t fence off beautiful British Columbia (2016 Jun 29) Times Colonist
- Gates block ventures in the wild: Landowners cutting off paths to public land (2016 Jun 26) Times Colonist
Species and Habitat
- Thousands of birds victims of Delta port’s power lines, submission contends (2021 Dec 07) Delta Optimist
- How a B.C. conservation officer’s refusal to kill two bear cubs sparked a debate about managing wildlife (2021 Oct 23) The Globe and Mail
- Establishing a Wildlife Management Area could save B.C.’s most biologically diverse region from catastrophic collapse (incl. Fraser Valley) – BC Wildlife Federation (2021 Oct 19) Fraser Valley News
- Habitat protection needs teeth to save salmon in ‘Heart of the Fraser’: B.C. coalition (2021 Oct 19) The Abbotsford News
- #HumansofELAW (2021 Winter) ELAW Advocate
- Stronger forest protection policy needed on the Gulf Islands (2020 Nov 21) Times Colonist
- Islands Trust pursuing greater ability to protect trees (2020 Oct 15) Star Vancouver
- BC must act to protect spawning beaches (2020 Feb 23) Times Colonist
- Body cams, more oversight for conservation officers, says group upset over BC bear killings (2020 Jan 3) Tri-City News
- The problem with bears in our backyards isn’t a bear problem at all; it’s a human one (2019 Nov 29) Globe and Mail
- ‘Indicative of a truly corrupt system’: government investigation reveals BC Timber Sales violating old-growth logging rules (2019 Oct 7) Narwhal
- BC’s human-wildlife conflict response needs reform (2019 Sep 20) Georgia Straight
- Thousands of BC’s endangered whitebark pine logged on private land (2019 Sep 5) Narwhal
- The old-growth logging shutdown (2019 Sep 1) Times Colonist
- A chance to save BC’s last ancient forests (2019 Jul 18) Times Colonist
- The government agency at the centre of BC’s old-growth logging showdown (2019 Jul 15) Narwhal
- Old-growth forest should be returned to 30% of original level, researchers say (2019 Jul 13) CBC News
- Environmental law students push for 30 per cent forest protection in BC (2019 Jul 10) CBC Radio
- Ottawa introduces sweeping measures to protect remaining 74 southern resident killer whales (2018 Oct 31) CHEK News
- Province gives fish farm four years to get First Nations and DFO consent to operate (2018 Jun 20) CHEK News
- Federal government takes a crucial step towards enforcing the Species at Risk Act to save BC’s Mountain Caribou (2018 May 7) Pacific Wild
- BC’s Selkirk Mountains’ Gray Ghost caribou herd ‘functionally extinct’ (2018 Apr 17) Vancouver Sun
- We ‘salmon people’ want our fish protected for future generations (2018 Mar 25) Times Colonist
- Respect science and protect our steelhead and salmon (2018 Mar 9) Vancouver Sun
- We must act now to protect birds in Canada (2018 Feb 22) Ottawa Citizen
- Governments must act now to protect migratory birds (2018 Feb 21) Vancouver Sun
- How Canada is driving Santa’s reindeer toward extinction (2017 Dec 22) DeSmog Canada
- Sweeping Emergency Order sought to save mountain caribou (2017 Dec 21) North Thompson Star
- Environmentalists petition Ottawa to protect mountain caribou from extinction (2017 Dec 14) Vancouver Sun
- Activists urge Ottawa to protect caribou in BC (2017 Dec 14) Globe and Mail
- ‘No water, no birds’: Wood Buffalo National Park among most threatened, warn international scientists (2017 Nov 16) CBC News
- BC bungled grizzly bear management: Auditor General (2017 Oct 24) DeSmog Canada
- Future of BC’s grizzly trophy hunt uncertain as fall hunt approaches (2017 Jul 25) CBC News
- Unmonitored mining pollutes Fraser River, threatens salmon runs: report (2017 Apr 26) DeSmog Canada
- Garry oak ecosystems — Saanich on right track (2016 Feb 16) Times Colonist
Water and Watershed Management
- October 2021: Victoria Movers & Shakers (2021 Nov 16) Business Examiner
- Pauquachin First Nation asks North Saanich for additional help to restore shellfish harvest in Coles Bay (2021 Oct 8) Peninsula News Review
- Pauquachin First Nation asks North Saanich for additional help to restore shellfish harvest in Coles Bay (2021 Oct 8) Victoria News
- Areas hard hit by B.C. drought now the target of bottled water corporations (2021 Nov 17) The Narwhal
- Up Front – Water for the Future (2021 Aug 31) Shaw TV
- Whatever we flush affects marine life (2021 Aug 15) Times Colonist
- Campaign calls for public action to protect B.C. water from corporate bottlers (2021 Aug 1) Kamloops News
- B.C. residents sound alarm over proposed water bottling plant near village (2021 Jul 28) CBC News
- Well water fears prompt calls to halt proposed bottling plant near B.C. village (2021 Jul 27) CBC News
- Report calls for ban on water-bottling plants in increasingly arid B.C. Interior (2021 Jul 24) Vancouver Sun
- Heat wave pushes Metro Vancouver to ‘unprecedented’ early season water use (2021 Jun 30) Burnaby Now
- Drought is on Metro Vancouver’s horizon – will fixing water scarcity cost too much? (2021 May 15) Tri-City News
- Comment: Citizen efforts can restore Elk Lake (2021 Mar 27) Times Colonist
- Canada’s plastic advancement is viewed a win for the West Coast (2020 Oct 16) Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News
- Wanted and needed: Guardians in every watershed (2020 Sep 29) Focus Magazine
- Support for Indigenous Guardians can be the key to meaningful reconciliation (2020 Sep 26) Globe and Mail
- Esquimalt’s expenses for ongoing oil-spill cleanup top $50,000 (2020 Feb 1) Times Colonist
- BC must act now on single-use plastics (2019 Dec 1) Times Colonist
- Two Victoria teenagers pitch their plan for reducing single-use plastics to BC’s environment minister (2019 Oct 9) CBC Radio
- Groups urge BC to ban single-use plastics (2019 Oct 8) CTV News Vancouver Island
- New report on rainwater and pollutants in the CRD showing negatives on our water bodies (2019 Jul 25) CFAX 1070 interview with Erin Gray
- City to look at options after BC Court of Appeal sides with plastic bag industry (2019 Jul 11) Victoria News
- Mayor Lisa Helps vows to phase out single-use items after BC’s highest court quashes Victoria’s ban on plastic bags (2019 Jul 11) Georgia Straight
- ‘Heads need to roll’: Five years after Mount Polley mine disaster, prospect of charges stirs hope for justice (2019 Jul 4) Star Vancouve
- US senators press Horgan to clean up BC mine water (2019 Jun 18) Kimberley Bulletin
- PM’s push for plastic-bag ban rooted at UVic (2019 Jun 13) Times Colonist
- Trudeau promises crackdown on plastic wastes — months after NDP MP won unanimous support for action (2019 Jun 10) Georgia Straight
- BC’s Maritime Museum highlights shame of Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2019 Apr 13) CBC News
- Canadian company applies for permit for exploratory mining in headwaters of Skagit River (2019 Mar 21) Seattle Times
- MPs’ motion important step toward eliminating plastic pollution (2018 Dec 22) Times Colonist
- BC MP celebrates ‘tremendous’ victory as plastics pollution motion passes House (2018 Dec 6) CBC News
- Parliament voting this week on Island MP’s private members bill on plastics (2018 Dec 1) CHEK News
- First Nations in Okanagan seek to protect environment heritage (2018 Oct 30) Vernon Morning Star
- Experts gather to discuss Okanagan water needs (2018 Oct 16) Salmon Arm Observer
- Gold seekers are flooding into the Yukon and wreaking havoc on its rivers (2018 Sep 11) Narwhal
- Teck Coal Ltd fined $78 000 for repeated water pollution (2018 Jun 29) Star Vancouver
- World Oceans Day 2018 (2018 Jun 20) Shaw TV
- Vancouver Island MP leading push for national strategy to phase out plastic (2018 Jun 7) Global News
- G7 summit preview- environment (2018 Jun 6) CPAC interview with Calvin Sandborn
- At the galleries: Celebrate World Oceans Day with art (2018 Jun 6) Monday Magazine
- How a BC community’s water shortage threatens a provincial park (2018 May 31) Narwhal
- Island NDP MP Gord Johns declares war on plastic pollution (2018 May 5) Times Colonist
- Can Canada reinvent the plastic economy? by Margaret Atwood and Calvin Sandborn (2018 May 3) Globe and Mail
- Plastic pollution pileup on Canada’s beaches exposes environmental policy gaps (2018 Apr 3) Discourse
- Defending our oceans (2018 Apr 2) Victoria News
- Group tackles contentious issues in Cadboro Bay (2018 Mar 2) Saanich News
- Review of tainted north Okanagan aquifer includes proposals to protect water (2017 Nov 30) National Post
- Courtenay-Alberni MP demands national strategy for plastic pollution (2017 Nov 2) Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News
- SFU research demonstrates how floodgates can undermine Fraser River salmon (2017 Oct 4) Georgia Straight
- Fraser River salmon impacted by floodgates, according to new SFU study (2017 Oct 4) CBC News
- We must change throw-away economy (2017 Aug 19) Times Colonist
- If you love the ocean, change the throwaway economy (2017 Aug 18) Vancouver Sun
- BC environmental group urges stop to Ajax Mine project over water-safety concerns (2017 Aug 14) Globe and Mail
- Kamloops group wants more study on Ajax mine drinking water impact (2017 Aug 14) iNFO News
- NDP orders new Hullcar aquifer review (2017 Aug 2) Vernon Morning Star
- Review announced for tainted Okanagan water source (2017 Aug 2) CBC News
- Kamloops Council, First Nations ask BC government to suspend controversial Ajax Mine proposal (2017 Jul 19) DeSmog Canada
- The rebirth of BC’s Jordan River is a victory for biological activism (2016 Oct 17) Globe and Mail
- Provincial failures on mining pollution leaving taxpayers on the hook (2016 Oct 16) Vancouver Sun
- Oak Bay sewage plan slow but steady (2016 Oct 14) Times Colonist
- Victoria issues new utility bill for stormwater runoff (2016 Oct 12) CBC News
- Province should clean up mine sites (2016 Oct 11) Times Colonist
- Ministry doesn’t know why contaminated site was deemed clean (2016 Oct 8) Times Colonist
- Jordan River salmon wiped out by copper tailings (2016 Oct 4) Vancouver Sun
- Old copper mine still fouling Jordan River (2016 Oct 4) Times Colonist
- Cowichan part of new look at the future of our waters (2016 Jun 18) Times Colonist
Sustainable Communities and Environmental Protection
- Letter to the editor: Opposition appreciated (2021 Dec 30) Prince George Citizen
- Saving the Red Gate forest (2021 Dec 09) The Discourse
- Westcoast Olefins pulls out of Polyethylene Project, still going ahead with Pineview plant (2021 Oct 20) CKPGToday.ca
- Proposed $5.6 billion petrochemical plant criticized by Prince George residents (2021 Sep 22) CBC News
- West Coast Olefins opposition reaches PG City Council (2021 Sep 19) My PG Now
- Environmental Law Centre calls for independent review of proposed B.C. petrochemical, plastics complex (2021 Aug 29) CKNW Weekend Mornings
- Net Zero: Canadians divided on sacrificing economy to fix climate (2021 Aug 26) iPolitics
- Environmental Law Centre calls for independent review of proposed B.C. petrochemical, plastics complex (2021 Aug 25) CBC News
- Petrochemical complex undermines Province’s climate change commitments (2021 Aug 25) Focus Magazine
- Kitimat Rod and Gun Club calls on local government to protect environment amid industrial boom (2021 Apr 27) The Narwhal
Other
- Canadian law schools 2021/22: Resources if you’re considering whether, and where, to become a lawyer (2021 Sep 02) Canadian Lawyer
- Chemical flame retardants increase danger levels (2021 Aug 22) Times Colonist
- Canadian law schools 2021: Resources if you’re considering whether −and where− to become a lawyer (2020 Dec 10) Canadian Lawyer
- Lessons from the plague: An approach to climate change (2020 Aug 7) Times Colonist
- Coalition calls for public input on environmental framework for Saanich Peninsula (2020 Jul 28) Victoria News
- Common fire retardants killing firefighters, UVic report says (2020 May 15) Vancouver Sun
- UVic’s Environmental Law Centre, 24 years strong (2020 Mar 5) Focus Magazine
- Neighbours aim to oust gun club from Cowichan park (2018 May 29) Cowichan Valley Citizen
- EDPA goes under the microscope (2016 Apr 19) Saanich News
- Push for provincial land-acquisition fund gathers steam (2016 Jan 22) Times Colonist