Jennifer Van Evra

Oct 18, 2024 | l8r.it | Jennifer Van Evra

Chace Barber and Eric Little were driving a 1969 Kenworth truck from the Yukon to Merritt when they started hatching a plan. It was 2019, and the two loggers were on their way home from a remote community where they had installed a diesel generator and battery bank that allowed a small First Nation to drastically reduce its diesel usage during peak times. With no radio in the vintage semi, they got to talking. “We said, ‘Hold on, this truck is pretty similar to a power grid.

Sep 25, 2024 | l8r.it | Jennifer Van Evra

It was on a trip to Kamloops in the fall of 2022 that Dane Chauvel could see, starkly, just how much B.C. salmon are under threat. The second-generation fisherman, founder of Organic Ocean Seafood and chair of the BC Salmon Marketing Council, had been invited to Kamloops to tour a major habitat restoration project that was being undertaken by the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation. The problem was, because of a worsening drought, there were no fish.

Jul 8, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Jennifer Van Evra |Kevin Mason |Linda Coady |David Elstone

Mathieu Bourbonnais, a former wildland firefighter, helped create some technology that can predict wildfires. “I was checking all my sensors, and the McDougall Creek fire burned about 15 of them,” says Bourbonnais, now a researcher and assistant professor of earth, environmental and geographic sciences at UBC Okanagan.

Jul 5, 2024 | l8r.it | Jennifer Van Evra

For years, Mathieu Bourbonnais was the person repelling out of helicopters to fight forest fires, not the one preparing to evacuate from them. But well before last year’s fast-moving McDougall Creek wildfire jumped Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, the former wildland firefighter knew it could get bad—not because of anything he heard or saw, but because of a piece of tech he had helped to create.

Nov 20, 2023 | allergicliving.com | Jennifer Van Evra

A Canadian woman is suing Tim Hortons after an error in an online order allegedly caused a life-threatening allergic reaction and lasting injuries. The case is also raising questions about the safety of online ordering for people with serious food allergies. The statement of claim for Gabrielle Lien Ho, 25, says the Winnipeg woman ordered a tea using the Tim Hortons app. Because of her dairy allergy, she used a dropdown menu to specify that she wanted it with almond milk.