British Columbia

14/12/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Dec. 8, 2025

Workers in Canada’s oil and gas industry won’t be able to escape the sector’s coming collapse regardless of the fossil fuel boosterism from politicians in Ottawa and Alberta. 

That’s according to new research from the Centre for Future Work, which found that concerns about fossil fuel employment “have been weaponized by industry” to prevent or delay policies to reduce oil and gas production and use.

14/12/25
Author: 
Andrew S. Wright Anil (Andy) Hira Stefan Pauer Opinion
LNG pipeline construction in North Bear Lake, photo by Andy Wright

Dec. 11, 2025

The world’s axis of rotation has shifted. America is no longer able to provide leadership in global discourse and guidance. US President Donald Trump has effectively sidelined America. China’s hard-earned, multi-decade focus on economic success and global acquisition of resources and critical minerals has accelerated its geopolitical ascendance. 

11/12/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
The MOU between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney includes support for a northern pipeline and a Trans Mountain expansion. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec.11, 2025

BC hoped expanding Trans Mountain would be an alternative to a new pipeline. Instead both are possible.

With public attention focused on a proposed bitumen pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith let drop that Premier David Eby had told her he agreed to a different proposal to expand oil shipments through B.C.

11/12/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Trail’s large aluminum smelter is one of many BC factories and resource operations with licences to use major quantities of water. Photo by Jeff Bassett, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 11, 2025

As oil and gas companies drill and frack more wells in British Columbia than ever, they are using record quantities of water while frequently not paying the province for that resource, a new report warns.

06/12/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Premier David Eby visited the Crofton pulp mill in 2023 to announce government funding to help the facility. The company returned the money after it curtailed paper production. Photo via BC government.

Dec. 5, 2025

Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.

The provincial Conservatives wasted no time calling for Forests Minister Ravi Parmar’s head this week after Domtar announced it would soon shutter its Crofton pulp mill.

04/12/25
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
Simon Donner - UBC News CC BY-NC 2.0/flickr

Dec. 3, 2025

Simon Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body

University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

02/12/25
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
Jeremy Kalicum leaves court on Nov. 7. Sentencing for his criminal charges is on hold while the provincial court of BC considers his compassion club’s constitutional challenge. Photo for The Tyee by Michelle Gamage.

Dec. 2, 2025

The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.

Drug User Liberation Front founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum are back in court arguing their compassion club members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

02/12/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Care aide Edil Bukid said the changes are ‘about dignity for workers, for seniors and for their families who trust us.’ She was joined by the HEU’s Lynn Bueckert, MLA Susie Chant and Health Minister Josie Osborne for the announcement. Photo for The Tyee by Andrew MacLeod.

Dec. 2, 2025

The government will also continue funding some pandemic wage increases.

A Hospital Employees’ Union official said Monday that an agreement with the British Columbia government to bring some 5,000 workers at 100 care homes back into the sector’s main bargaining unit is a win for the union and seniors.

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