Sarah Cox

The annual Victoria Festival of Authors has just kicked off, with a great line-up of writers over the next few days. The festival lost key government funding this year. You can support Canadian authors and publishers by buying tickets for events & spreading the word! 🇨🇦 victoriafestivalofauthors.ca

Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

"I basically packed up my wife and dogs and moved." Wow, glad I'm not this guy's wife. Also, read this story by @amandafollett.bsky.social! Trump, critical minerals, the US War Department, mining in B.C. - what could possibly go wrong? thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

thank-you for adding me @richardlevangie.bsky.social. You can put me on Team Oxford Comma!

thank-you! The spotted owl is that story, for sure. B.C. and Canada handed wild spotted owls a death sentence.

I'm very honoured to be shortlisted for the Lane Anderson Award for science writing! My book, Signs of Life, looks at the increasingly elaborate and expensive things we're doing in Canada to try to save endangered species, and how we can turn things around (yes, there is hope for #biodiversity).

Famine confirmed in Gaza City is 'failure of humanity', UN chief says A UN-backed body confirms famine in Gaza Strip and surrounding areas, and says half a million are facing "catastrophic" conditions.

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Sarah Cox Exposes the Tradeoffs of “Green” Energy in Canada - The Open Notebook Sarah Cox, British Columbia bureau lead at The Narwhal, has spent her career covering the province’s many environmental problems. Among these issues, her biggest bugbear has been Site C, the multibill...

Very grateful to @willvh.bsky.social & @theopennotebook.bsky.social for profiling my work on Canada's Site C hydro dam."So often we talk about clean energy and hydro power as if there are no impacts." www.theopennotebook.com/2025/07/08/s...

CPJ files declaration in support of detained journalist Mario Guevara The Committee to Protect Journalists filed a declaration of support in the case of reporter Mario Guevara, who has been unjustly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 64 days follo...

For 64 days, ICE has held Spanish-language reporter Mario Guevara, arrested while live-streaming a "No Kings" protest against the Trump administration's actions. There are no charges against Guevara and he was in the country legally at the time of his arrest. www.linkedin.com/pulse/cpj-fi...

CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza - Canadian Association of Journalists This past Sunday, a team of four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelance reporters were killed in a bombing by Israel. In the hours and days since we learned of the killing, we have also received con...

The Canadian Association of Journalists condemns the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza. caj.ca/caj-condemns...

The killing of Gaza's journalists - Transcript | CBC Radio Front Burner Transcript for August 14, 2025

"This is a 28-year-old who knew he would most probably be killed, because he was being openly threatened and because the world was doing nothing to protect him."
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FE6.4 - Humane Being — Future Ecologies Podcast When is it ethical to kill one thing to save another? Lethal intervention is a common practice in the field of wildlife management, especially when the survival of a species hangs in the balance

Excited for this Future Ecologies podcast, released today, based on a chapter in my book, Signs of Life. Kudos to producers & Sara Dubois for her super interesting work and thoughts. Tune in now for the tale of Sarah, Sara and SARA. @gooselane.bsky.social www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-6-...

Canada Council and other arts councils give grants to authors to write books and to publishers to publish books. But more and more books they support can’t get reviewed. What's the solution? Could the Canada Council help fund book review sections? #writing #Canada #books

Some publications ask publishers to buy ad space before they will review a book. A bigger ad gets you more book review space. That’s a huge disadvantage for smaller, independent Canadian publishers. #writing #Canada #books

Without reviews, people don't know a book exists. If they don’t know a book exists, they don’t buy it or talk about it on social media. Book review space has greatly shrunk or disappeared entirely across Canada in recent years. #writing #Canada #books

It’s a far cry from 2018 when I published my first book and received many reviews, even as an unknown author. #writing #Canada #books

Some sobering reflections on being a Canadian author these days. My new book, Signs of Life, got 2 reviews. Yup, only 2, and it was excerpted once. All 3 publications put it on their best 2024 books/recommended reading lists. Like many authors, I couldn't get more reviews. #writing #Canada #books

Trump funding cuts put Canadian-led bat research at risk | The Narwhal Researchers are closer than ever to finding a solution to a deadly fungal disease that has killed millions of bats. But Trump put cross-border funding on the chopping block

Researchers are close to finding a solution for white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease killing millions of insect-eating bats across North America. Trump's funding cuts put their research at risk @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social reports for @thenarwhal.ca #biodiversity
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I never thought I would google “Trump kissing my ass” to get caught up on world news yet here we are

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

Good.

The First Amendment ensures freedom of the press for all news organizations, not just the president's preferred outlets.

Docs show how much BC Hydro power LNG and mining projects want | The Narwhal Government documents show the province is facing an unprecedented increase in demand for electricity from industrial customers. The question is: who will pay the costs?

FOI docs reveal how much electricity new LNG & mining projects need to meet BC's climate targets. Spoiler alert: it's a lot! And taxpayers/ratepayers could be on the hook to help cover the cost. @sobittersosweet.bsky.social has the scoop for @thenarwhal.ca #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-lng-minin...

Let’s just flip that around, shall we? More than 80% of Americans do not support annexation of Canada or Greenland.

A great read about critical minerals and tariffs from @zoeyunker.bsky.social

Absolutely harrowing. Anyone thinking of travelling to to US right now should read this.

YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv Ursula von der Leyen's Urgent Call: Europe Must Prepare for War to Secure Peace! Historic Speech 🇪🇺

So this is where we're at:
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This is not the only 'article' painting Canada and Canadian institutions in a bad light. They dovetail with Trump's continuing demonization of Canada, cultivating American support for annexation.

'What the hell are we doing here?' Inside Canada's shockingly violent hospitals A surge in assaults, stabbings, shootings and machete attacks have made work a living hell for doctors and nurses at Canada's hospitals.

Let's not forget 2/3 of Postmedia is U.S.-owned. This headline feeds right into Trump's plan to annex Canada. And you betcha that would be the end of our free, universal healthcare - it would be for-profit all the way. nationalpost.com/feature/cana...

PRGT pipeline hit with warning letter for environmental violations | The Narwhal Pipeline workers failed to properly assess endangered bat habitat in northwest B.C. Now, PRGT could face up to $1M in fines, officials warn

BREAKING. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT) has been hit with a warning letter for environmental infractions & could face up to $1 million in fines. #bcpoli #biodiversity @writermjs.bsky.social has the story for @thenarwhal.ca
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How many eggs can you send? U.S. asks countries to help lower soaring prices The United States has reached out to Denmark and other European nations asking if they can export eggs as Americans face surging egg prices, the Nordic country's egg association said on Friday.

Oh the gall. As Trump guts health & environmental protections while bird flu spreads, now the US is asking European countries to sell them eggs. www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

B.C. plans for ‘any action’ by Trump on Columbia River Treaty | The Narwhal Canada and the U.S. reached an agreement in principle on sharing Columbia River water last year. But now U.S. President Donald Trump wants changes

BC is planning for 'any action' Trump may take to violate the Columbia River Treaty. Spoiler alert: Trump just passed an executive order called Putting People Over Fish. @sobittersosweet.bsky.social has the details for @thenarwhal.ca #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/trump-suspen...

Feds refuse emergency order for endangered orcas | The Narwhal Conservation groups say Ottawa has abdicated its responsibility to protect a southern B.C. population of endangered orcas

Ottawa has refused to issue an emergency order to help endangered southern resident orca whales, prompting conservation groups to warn the population faces extinction #biodiversity @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has the story for @thenarwhal.ca
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