Paloma Pacheco

3 weeks ago | montecristomagazine.com | Paloma Pacheco

In late June 2021, a deadly heat dome swept through Western Canada and the Northwestern United States, killing thousands of people and animals, collapsing infrastructure, and shattering temperature records across the region. British Columbia saw more than 600 heat-related deaths, and several fires sparked across the province. One of those fires, which ignited just outside the village of Lytton, in B.C.’s Interior, was so powerful that it quickly burned 90 per cent of the town to the ground.

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Paloma Pacheco

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. On a warm September evening nearly 15 years ago, Katie Sardinha had her first real glimpse of what life as a farmer could be. It was harvesting season in Summerland, B.C., where she’d grown up on her parents’ 10-acre apple orchard.

Dec 9, 2024 | montecristomagazine.com | Paloma Pacheco

My first encounter with the work of Firelei Báez is a jolt to my system. Fighting sideways sheets of November rain outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, I’m transfixed by a banner that wraps around the entire northern façade of the building. It shows a female figure crouching low on a sea of white and cerulean waves, its body covered in scales of every colour: magenta, persimmon, deep red, and gold.

Oct 18, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Luke Roman |Emma McIntosh |Julia-Simone Rutgers |Paloma Pacheco

It’s no secret British Columbia is home to some of Canada’s most breathtaking natural beauty, biodiversity and old-growth forests — along with some of its most contentious fossil fuel projects. What happens in this province has huge implications for Canada’s climate goals writ large.

Oct 12, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Amber Bracken |Paloma Pacheco

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Spring in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is usually a time of optimism. In the province’s fertile agricultural hub, April and May mean blossoms on the valley’s fruit trees and bud break in its many vineyards, signs of the growing season ahead. This spring was different.  “At the end of the day, when it was blossom time, there were no blossoms.