From fish to forests, how 2022 played out on Canada’s West Coast
As the year’s climate-related gains and catastrophes wrap, Canada’s National Observer is reviewing the top five stories to make waves in B.C.’s coastal and island communities in 2022.
The protection of B.C.’s ancient forests to mitigate the paired climate and biodiversity crises continued to be a flashpoint of protest in 2022, with activists mounting high-profile road blockades and public protests, such as pouring maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
But the commercial fish harvesters union says the program will simply beggar fish harvesters, many of whom are desperate after weathering years of the fisheries’ decline. The proposed MPA network aims to preserve biodiversity hot spots, key habitats, at-risk species and areas of cultural value to First Nations as well as preserving regions for sustainable economic activity, like eco-tourism.
Rural communities plagued by health-care crisis Like many rural areas, remote coastal communities — particularly in the north Vancouver Island region — are being battered by a significant health-care crisis.
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