#britishcolumbia

gander22h@diasp.org

Missing hiker found alive after more than 5 weeks in remote B.C. park

This is gong to be quite a story, when he is recovered enough to tell it. May be he will write a book?

A hiker who went missing in B.C.'s backwoods has been found after surviving more than five weeks in a remote park in B.C.'s northeast as snow fell and temperatures plunged.
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Sam Benastick, 20, was first reported missing after failing to return home Oct. 17 from a 10-day camping trip in remote Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, about 250 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John.

He started his hike on Oct. 7, which means he was in the outdoors for 50 days.

#CBC #News #Canada #BritishColumbia

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113507028148383483 persagen@mastodon.social - Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests 7000+ years ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years

  • genetic analysis
  • could help First Nations secure land rights in Cdn courts
  • actively cultivated crop
  • transported hazelnuts 800 km
  • cultivate nutritious/reliable food source in new regions

Genetic differentiation/precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2402304121

#Canada #Indigenous #BC #BritishColumbia #cultivation #anthropology #LandRights

fionag11@sysad.org

On June 19, 2024, the federal government officially announced a ban on open-net pen #salmon farms in BC effective as of 2029. #BritishColumbia #aquaculture

It's been a long fight and there was a real chance the government was going to give in to industry pressure. As it is, it can't come soon enough.

https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2024/06/responsible-realistic-and-achievable-the-government-of-canada-announces-transition-from-open-net-pen-salmon-aquaculture-in-coastal-british-columbia.html

claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social

#AcidRain


CBC Edmonton - 2024-06-20 02:56:09 GMT

Coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alta., B.C.: study
Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded.
#cbc #news #News #Canada #BritishColumbia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coal-mine-contaminants-bc-1.7240568?cmp=rss

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mstdn.ca/@CatherineBabault/112457307610151476 CatherineBabault@mstdn.ca - May 17 is #EndangeredSpeciesDay - The Vancouver Island marmot is the most endangered mammal in Canada. It is endemic to Vancouver Island where there are about 300 of them living in the alpine meadows.
A program of reproduction in captivity started over 20 yrs ago when there were less than 30 marmots in the wilderness. Learn more (& donate if you can) here: https://marmots.org/

#EndangeredSpecies #VancouverIslandMarmot #marmot #conservation #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #wildlife

anonymiss@despora.de

No #internet, no #phone: #Canada #wildfires expose fragility of rural #infrastructure

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/internet-access-rural-canada-wildfires

Northwestel, which provides telecommunications for the #Yukon, Northwest Territories, #Nunavut and northern #BritishColumbia announced on Friday that a wildfire had damaged a critical fibre optic cable near the town of #FortNelson. The company said it had also lost its redundancy cable due to a separate wildfire burning near Jean Marie River and #Kakisa in the Northwest Territories.

#news #disaster #climate #environment

deutschewelle@squeet.me
garryknight@diasp.org

Canada floods: 18,000 people still stranded in ‘terrible, terrible disaster’ | Canada | The Guardian

Emergency crews in western Canada were still trying to reach some 18,000 people stranded by landslides and struggling to find food among bare grocery store shelves after devastating flooding.
With communities in the region braced for more torrential rain in already inundated areas next week , the premier of British Columbia province declared an emergency and gave an emotional address in a press conference on Thursday.

#science #environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #Canada #BritishColumbia #flooding

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/18/residents-brace-for-torrential-rains-in-already-flooded-western-canada

garryknight@diasp.org

Canada hit by heavy rains and floods in British Columbia – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian

Multiple fatalities confirmed after torrential rains forced thousands in British Columbia to evacuate

If you're in BC or know people there, I hope you and they stay safe.

#photography #Canada #BritishColumbia #weather #storms #flooding

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2021/nov/17/canada-hit-by-heavy-rains-and-floods-in-british-columbia-in-pictures

A house is seen surrounded by floodwaters on a farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

sylviaj@joindiaspora.com