British Columbia resigned to a ‘long fight’ after 2020’s efforts to track and kill the invasive insects ended in frustration The year 2020 is not one that beekeepers in Washington state and the Canadian province of British Columbia are likely to forget in a hurry. Since the spring, experts […]
Kokanee shore spawning numbers in the Interior of British Columbia were some of the highest on record since the 1970s, according to a fisheries biologist. “This was a really high year for shore spawners. It was actually one of the highest we have on record, I don’t really […]
An Asian giant hornet has been found near Langley, B.C., about five kilometres away from where another so-called murder hornet was discovered last week. The provincial Agriculture Ministry says in a release that both findings are thought to coincide with a phase in the hornets’ life cycle where […]
Another Asian giant hornet has been discovered in British Columbia. It was found in Abbotsford on Monday, the province said. Now beekeepers and residents are being asked to report any sightings of the invasive insect, which can deliver painful stings to humans. Lone hornets were found in White […]
Wildlife officials in Washington have captured two so-called “murder hornet” queens, following a major operation to wipe out the invasive species’ first known nest in the United States. You might even call the operation a “sting,” as it took a bit of subterfuge to finally capture the Asian giant […]
A Comox Valley family had a meeting with some humpback whales recently, between Comox and Texada Island. Carolyn and Steve Touhey were out on their boat with a friend on Sunday, when they spotted the telltale whale spouts nearby. “I think there were four [in the pod] – […]
Prince George plant will grind ancient cedar and hemlock into pellets to be burned for fuel overseas, destroying forest that’s home to endangered caribou and vast stores of carbon. Sean O’Rourke was hiking in B.C.’s globally rare inland rainforest this spring when pink flagging tape indicating a planned cutblock caught […]
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A bear scare in Squamish is over. It was a rare situation where a grizzly, not a black bear, was spotted wandering through a neighbourhood this afternoon. An alert was issued and hours later, the big animal was captured. Watch the VIDEO!
First Nations leader says grid of shell fragments caused by ‘square waves’; scientist says it looks man made. An Indigenous leader from Haida Gwaii, B.C., says mysterious white lines he saw on a local beach are naturally created, but a scientist affiliated with the federal government is skeptical. On Monday, Billy […]
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