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October 13, 2026Sign up
 
The Globe and Mail
 
Climate
 
 
 
 Nick Faris 
 
Good afternoon, and welcome to Globe Climate, a newsletter about climate change, environment and resources in Canada.

Environmentally attentive voters in the West Kootenays region, which reliably elects the BC NDP, are dismayed by the party's increased focus on resource extraction.

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Victor R. Caivano/The Canadian Press
 
 
Toronto
 
Climate policy changes and focus on major infrastructure development could put goals further out of reach, report co-author says
 
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Todd Korol/Reuters
 
 
Energy reporter
 
Calgary
 
The group is the first to bring a legal challenge against the federal push to speed approvals for the project, a key priority of both Ottawa and Alberta
 
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Hetian Yujianjianglai Aquaculture Co., Ltd/Supplied
 
Ian Urbina
 
The desert seafood boom is built on political control, imported feed, and a food system that masks its real burdens
 
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DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
 
 
NELSON, B.C.
 

Joe Karthein steps over mossy logs and pushes thick bushes aside as he hikes up an untamed mountain slope high above the Nelson, B.C., area.

 

As he walks, he points out trees that are estimated to be more than 200-years-old, noting that local ecologists believe some could be more than 400-years-old. Massive fallen trunks as wide as sidewalks blend into the forest floor, a trait typical to old-growth forests.
 

This area is part of a contentious, 9.5-hectare parcel of land that is slated to be logged. Most of the slopes beside it already show signs of past clear-cutting.
 

Ecologists have estimated the forest is roughly 240 years old, just 10 years shy of being protected by an old-growth designation. Mr. Karthein said it would probably take less than a week for a five-person crew to harvest the plot, and the local mill could likely process the lumber in just two days.