Victoria is allocating $10 million of federal funding to help create jobs and diversify the economies of communities in the Mackenzie and Peace regions. The […]
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Despite recovery efforts from federal and provincial governments, caribou populations across Canada continue to decline, largely due to human activity. But as a new UBC […]
A new study comparing decades of environmental monitoring records has confirmed that Canada’s caribou are not faring as well as other animals like moose and […]
The promised economic benefits from coal mines in northeastern British Columbia are being overstated, while mining company pledges to protect vulnerable wildlife species are rarely […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP I know caribou isn’t a topic that’s been top of mind for a while with COVID-19, but […]
The province has inked a contentious deal to protect southern mountain caribou in northeastern B.C. The agreement is between the province, Ottawa, and the Salteau […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Our region deserves better than this and when it comes to a caribou recovery plan it’s time […]
Both the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and Ulkatcho Nation are implementing a hunting ban on mountain caribou in their traditional territories, citing population declines as a reason. […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP We just want a seat at the table. From the very beginning, that is what many of […]
Premier John Horgan met with Chief Ken Cameron of the Saulteau First Nations and Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nations on Wednesday […]
The province is providing $6.5 million over three years for caribou habitat restoration in British Columbia. The funding will be administered to qualifying organizations through […]
Bob Zimmer is criticizing both Ottawa and Victoria over the province’s decision to impose a two-year moratorium on new resource development in parts of of […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca The province is putting an interim moratorium on new resource development in parts of of the northeast as part of its […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca Premier John Horgan is worried about the ‘acrimony’ around Victoria’s southern mountain caribou recovery plans and admits that government should have […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier is calling on Victoria to cancel its federally-mandated plan to deal with declining caribou herds […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca Close to 600 people crammed into the Prince George Civic Centre Tuesday evening to learn about, and give feedback on, the […]
Members of the public are invited to attend community engagement sessions to provide their feedback on two draft agreements to conserve southern mountain caribou populations. […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP It has been just over a week since the province released the two draft caribou recovery agreements. […]
Members of the public are invited to attend community engagement sessions to provide their feedback on two draft agreements to conserve southern mountain caribou populations. […]
Editor: British Columbians have seen right through Premier Horgan’s last minute “public consultation” on caribou recovery efforts. It is clear that staging a half-hearted public […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP After months of speculation and cancelled public meetings, the provincial government has finally released two draft caribou […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP On February 2, I held a Southern Mountain Caribou Closures Town Hall in Fort St. John to […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP It’s been two months since local representatives and stakeholders, myself including, began raising the alarm about reports […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Over the past few weeks I have continued to hear your voices of grave concern about the […]