Skip to contentHomeHighlightsSoaring electric vehicle adoption rates in Metro Vancouver will require up to $2.9 billion in charging stations by 2050. A new report says the B.C. and federal governments are falling short.Stefan LabbéUpwards of 100,000 new public charging stations need to be built across Metro Vancouver over the next 15 years in order to keep up with electric vehicle demand, a new report has found. The report, presented to Metro Vancouver’s Climate Action Committee Thursday, offered councillors and mayors across the region a first look at the scale of new infrastructure...…Skip to contentHomeHighlightsSoaring electric vehicle adoption rates in Metro Vancouver will require up to $2.9 billion in charging stations by 2050. A new report says the B.C. and federal governments are falling short.Stefan LabbéUpwards of 100,000 new public charging stations need to be built across Metro Vancouver over the next 15 years in order to keep up with electric vehicle demand, a new report has found. The report, presented to Metro Vancouver’s Climate Action Committee Thursday, offered councillors and mayors across the region a first look at the scale of new infrastructure...WW…

Skip to contentJoin our NewsletterHomeEnvironmentOver two million British Columbians are expected to receive the climate action tax credit. Here's how much money you will receive.Stefan LabbéThis week, more than two million B.C. households will receive a cheque from the province — their share of a climate action tax credit that could climb to nearly $900 for a family of four.The B.C. government raised the income threshold for the tax credit in its latest budget. Those increases mean the credit this year could climb to $447 for a single person, up $250 from last year. A family of four...…Skip to contentJoin our NewsletterHomeEnvironmentOver two million British Columbians are expected to receive the climate action tax credit. Here's how much money you will receive.Stefan LabbéThis week, more than two million B.C. households will receive a cheque from the province — their share of a climate action tax credit that could climb to nearly $900 for a family of four.The B.C. government raised the income threshold for the tax credit in its latest budget. Those increases mean the credit this year could climb to $447 for a single person, up $250 from last year. A family of four...WW…

Skip to contentHomeHighlightsThe B.C. government said it will end the use of single-use plastic wraps for tree seedlings, at a time Canada faces hurdles in its plan to plant two billion trees by 2030.Stefan LabbéThe B.C. government says it’s moving to eliminate single-use plastic wraps currently used to plant 45 million tree seedlings across the province every year.Traditionally, forestry companies have taken the equivalent of cellophane and wrapped the root bundles three or four turns to hold them together for transportation into the field. But that old way of doing things has been...…Skip to contentHomeHighlightsThe B.C. government said it will end the use of single-use plastic wraps for tree seedlings, at a time Canada faces hurdles in its plan to plant two billion trees by 2030.Stefan LabbéThe B.C. government says it’s moving to eliminate single-use plastic wraps currently used to plant 45 million tree seedlings across the province every year.Traditionally, forestry companies have taken the equivalent of cellophane and wrapped the root bundles three or four turns to hold them together for transportation into the field. But that old way of doing things has been...WW…