Profile

Sarah Cox: Paddling for the Peace River Valley

I dip my paddle into the Peace River and we are off.

Flathead border feast highlights need for cross-border environmental conservation

Border crossings often evoke intrigue and suspense, and the bold gathering held last week at the defunct Flathead border crossing was no exception.

Sarah Cox: On Enbridge pipeline, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is the true radical

I’ve been called some interesting things since I started working for Sierra Club B.C. five years ago. An eco-fascist, for starters.

Sarah Cox: A tale of two parks

My story about the decline of B.C. parks involves a concussion, a rifle, an empty park ranger station, and a four-by-four.

Bird watching an extreme sport in Newfoundland

The sight and sound of 65,000 nesting sea birds is so mesmerizing that you instantly forgive the lack of a fence separating you from the granddaddy of all cliffs.

Outside the big box

David Blackwell has been awake since 4 a.m. By the time he makes the call, he has already milked his 80 Holsteins, four at a time, in the sturdy red barn his grandfather...

Spawning Controversy

Opponents Of Proposed Sablefish Farms Charge That Disease And Parasites Will Devastate Wild Stocks. Sound Familiar?

Unions take aim at Wal-Mart

Canada On The Frontlines Of A Mission To Organize The Retail Giant

Human-Rights Activist Beaten With a Brick

A Mexican human-rights activist profiled in a February 2000 Straight feature on free trade was attacked December 30. Martíƒ ­n Barrios, coordinator of the Human and Labour...