Finally sat down to read @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social's incredible investigation into illegal wildlife trade in Canada — highly recommend if you haven't read it yet

450 kegs of backup beer. 10x as much toilet paper. And a server burning as many calories in one chaotic shift as many runners would burn in a half-marathon. Jesse Winter and me on the crush of World Cup visitors on Vancouver's Granville Street businesses: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Morning! I have a new feature out for the first time in many months. For Be Giant, I wrote about a recently completed wildlife underpass in southern Alberta, and its role in the larger Yellowstone to Yukon conservation project. Working on this changed my whole perspective when I drive! #longreads

In his new book “Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze,” Jesse Winter has captured his experience covering wildfires and the perspectives of the red-shirted corps who work these fires. 🔥📸

Very good interview

By teasing DNA from ancient ground squirrel poop, scientists have reconstructed the mammoth-steppe ecosystem of hundreds of thousands of years ago—a window with lessons for our current period of environmental turmoil. My story for @biographic.bsky.social with edits from @colinschultz.bsky.social

Hi pals! I've got something I'm REALLY excited about in the works... I'll be editing a nonfiction anthology about the Yukon River. Timelines are tight so I'm mostly seeking out existing work (in your publication archive, sitting on your hard drive...) Please submit / share! forms.gle/Q622LYHExe7x...

Megan Buers’s research aims to find out if western screech owls require old trees and mature forests for other reasons, including to find prey. 🦉🪵

BC is home to the world's only deep-snow caribou, which are disappearing. Now Syilx Okanagan Nation is asking Canada to issue an emergency order to protect 3 herds. My story for @thetyee.ca today www.thetyee.ca/News/2026/06... #biodiversity

Come work with me!

Guilbeault plans to exit politics, pursue climate fight in ‘different way’ /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/45e3099...

Fibreglass particles a potential ‘forever’ contaminant, new research warns www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

B.C., First Nations, Ottawa sign agreement to create ‘Realm of the Salmon’ coastal reserve /via @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

Vancouver mayor moves to roll back major climate bylaws, sparking clash with province www.biv.com/news/economy... via @bivnews.bsky.social

I write a weekly newsletter that comes out every Wednesday. You should subscribe! It's a great way to keep up with all of our latest news covering the environment, Earth sciences, biology and archaeology. www.scientificamerican.com/newsletters/

“The federal government is proposing reversing the order of pipeline approvals, allowing cabinet to green-light a new project prior to the completion of technical assessments and approvals” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Foreign industry groups are pushing to kill BC's salmon farm ban, @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

This International Workers’ Day, we're putting media back in workers’ hands. De Facto Journalism Co-op is a new non-profit of 6 worker-owners producing in-depth journalism focused on justice issues and systems of power. To get our first investigations next week, subscribe here: defactomedia.ca

Really important salmon science story from @michellegamage.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca today thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

“It’s no overstatement that The Tyee helped open up the landscape for independent journalism in Canada.” Huge congratulations to our very own founding and chief editor David Beers for this monumental win! 🏆🗞️🎉 #CdnMedia

On Friday, @carrietait.bsky.social was named Journalist of the Year at the National Newspaper Awards for her reporting on Alberta's health procurement scandal. This episode offers a glimpse into the campaign of harassment, threats and surveillance she endured www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...

I had so much fun going down a rabbit hole of turfgrass nerdery writing on the massive effort to grow World Cup grass. The sod that will be installed at BC Place next month is the product of millions of dollars and years of research – all sparked by a convo over tea in 2018 tinyurl.com/yck4z8um

“This is the story of one much-loved tree in Vancouver — important to me and, it turns out, a lot of other people. It’s a story about how we lose big trees, not only here but around the world, and what’s lost when we do.” J.B. MacKinnon writes. 🌳🌸

The cat is out of the bag: @sarahkcox.bsky.social is The Tyee’s new biodiversity reporter! (Maybe that should be: The owl is out of its burrow. The salmon is out of its creek!) 🐟🦉🌱 #CdnMedia

This is such a great read! If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend.

Vancouver park board pushes forward with $1.4B ask for facility upgrades vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

A decade of death: With 18,000 lives lost, B.C. counts cost of 10-year toxic drug emergency. Overdoses remain leading cause of unnatural death in the province, by Ashley Joannou www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Journo jobs alert: @thestar.com's storied and well-paid, unionized year-long journalist internship program for 2026-27 is open for applications. Current cohort includes eight reporters and two photogs. Deadline for applying is April 15. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Torstar/7440...

In Vancouver’s Stanley Park, clearing dead trees ignites a fiery debate /via Jesse Winter @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A Deadly Fungal Invader Is Threatening BC's Bats via @michellegamage.bsky.social @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Exciting news in Canadian media: widely beloved editor Alison Uncles is leading a new nonprofit outlet focused on solutions journalism! Be Giant went live today:

As caribou mysteriously vanish from the NWT, Dene researchers hunt for answers across the frozen tundra, via @patkanephoto.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

"Energy minister Tim Hodgson told investors that Woodfibre LNG has ambitions to double and triple its size" via @stefanlabbe.bsky.social www.biv.com/news/economy...

Ottawa announces $3.8-billion nature strategy, laying out path to protect 30% of lands and waters by 2030 via @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social

They drift 1000s of kms as larvae on 🌊 currents from the Sargasso Sea, landing on Canada's eastern shores as translucent, finger-length juvenile eels —elvers— worth more per kg than bluefin tuna or beluga caviar... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @pulitzercenter.org @theglobeandmail.com

Who ever knew there’s a teeny endangered tarantula - the size of a blueberry - in BC old-growth forests? Here’s my #biodiversity story today. Just 14 Species Have 'Genuinely' Improved on BC's At-Risk Lists via @thetyee.ca www.thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

BC has eliminated its long-running Climate Action Secretariat. At least 10 staff members have been sent to work on pipelines and oil and gas. Meanwhile, this month the City of Vancouver also scrapped its sustainability department. My latest for @thetyee.ca #bcpoli

Restored herd of Montana bison stumbles into the Trump-era politics of land /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Rare, great opportunity to come join The Local as a permanent full-time reporter! Looking for someone who knows and loves Peel Region to join the team.

Birds have taken up cigarettes. No joke! They’re getting their butts in (to their nests). My story for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/s...

B.C. has provided a first glimpse into its planned fast-tracked environmental assessment process that gives the government new powers to exempt selected projects from existing rules. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations Fascinating read from @phoebeweston.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lifeguards cut from Spanish West, Spanish East, Sunset Beach, Third Beach and Trout Lake www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...