Stories Archive

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2009 Tropical Storm Ondoy

testimony

“They shouted ‘rescue’ just to escape and get food.’”

Jenifer Fabre, Malabon, Philippines

2017 British Columbia Wildfires

testimony

“We know that no matter what we have each other.”

Racine Jeff, Williams Lake, Canada

Dian Brooks Princeton BC farm

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

testimony

“It’s like you could feel moss growing on your teeth.”

Dian Brooks, Princeton, Canada

April Martel in front of an illustration of a wildfire burning above a forest

Loss of Safety

investigation

When ashes rain down and you respond as best you can

Matteo Cimellaro and Pippa Norman

A sign showing how to download and register fo the Unama’ki Emergency Alert System

Loss of Safety

investigation

Indigenous-led alert system, ‘Made for us, by one of us’

Pippa Norman

Man in shorts floats on his back in the ocean

Loss of Homes

investigation

Tragically, BC ignored lessons of 2009’s killer heat wave

Jordan Kovacs and Jimmy Thomson

Illustration of a treeplanting planting in a cutblock with a red sun and smoky sky.

Loss of Health

investigation

Choked out: the wildfire smoke threat to tree planters

Aldyn Chwelos, Kristen de Jager, and Paul Voll

Burned remnants of houses. Rusted metal and a charcoal tree.

Loss of Homes

investigation

Record-breaking climate disasters reveal cracks in Canada’s alert system

Pippa Norman

A pile of burned scrap metal and fallen trees sits abandoned in front of a forest.

Loss of Homes

investigation

Bracing for disasters

By Francesca Fionda

A photo of Billie Sheridan wearing a black coat and glasses looking proudly at the camera.

Loss of Homes

investigation

‘A major gap’ in BC’s disaster evacuation support

By Francesca Fionda

A woman with dark hair and hoop earrings stands in a snowing clearing holding a brown rifle.

Loss of Homes

investigation

What I saved from the disaster

By Francesca Fionda