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Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer

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Travel

Tourists chasing a viral BC beach are blowing tires on remote logging roads

Many visitors are arriving in low-clearance cars or rentals that are not allowed on service roads, or vehicles equipped only with temporary spare tires.

Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer·Sunday, May 24, 2026·10 min

BC Ferries

Lack of regulations leaves humpback at risk despite BC Ferries slowdown, experts say

Starting June 1, the company will reduce speeds after one of its ships struck and killed a humpback whale in Wright Sound, just south of Prince Rupert, last year.

Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer·Thursday, May 7, 2026·8 min

News

Legal challenge looming as Island First Nation fights for BC’s herring stocks

WSANEC hereditary chiefs have been calling on the DFO to place a moratorium on herring fishing in the Georgia Strait for over a year.

Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer·Sunday, November 23, 2025·6 min