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Site C dam completion one step closer with diversion tunnel breakthrough
Project still faces court challenge from First Nations in the region The construction of a controversial project on...
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International coalition launches campaign in opposition to proposed mining in local ‘donut hole’
Conservation, wildlife groups, First Nations call on BC Gov’t to deny mining permit in Skagit Valley A coalition of...
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B.C. stalls on caribou plans ignoring looming extinction
Updated June 20, 2019 - 11:38 AM VANCOUVER - The B.C. government’s caribou announcement is a stalling tactic to delay...
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Conservatives want to fight fire with gasoline
VANCOUVER - Wilderness Committee is dumbfounded Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s climate plan abdicates any need...
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NOT EXTINCT! PURCELL MOUNTAIN CARIBOU FOUND IN MT. WILLET WILDERNESS PARK PROPOSAL AREA
Only months after the South Purcell Mountain Caribou herd was considered functionally extirpated, a small group of...
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Pipeline approval disgraceful in a climate emergency
VANCOUVER - Approving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion through unceded territory during a climate emergency is an...
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Letter: Emergency order needed if BC fails to implement plans for recovery of southern mountain caribou
The Honourable Catherine McKenna Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Email: ec.ministre-minister.ec...
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TV News Story ‑ Prime Minister Trudeau approves Trans Mountain Pipeline for second time
This is a TV news story about the reaction to Prime Minister Trudeau's approval for the second time of the Trans...
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TV News Story ‑ Trans Mountain Pipeline approval fuels growing fight
This is a TV news story about the growing protest over Prime Minister Trudeau's approval of the Trans Mountain...
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Why an international coalition is going all out to stop mining in B.C.’s Skagit headwaters
Imperial Metals, the company responsible for the Mount Polley tailings pond disaster, has applied to drill in...
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International Coalition Launches Paid Ad Campaign in Opposition to Proposed Mining in Skagit Headwaters
Conservation, recreation, wildlife organizations join First Nations, Tribes and outdoor industry in calling on BC...
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Environmental groups fight to prevent mine exploration on edge of Manning Park
Environmentalists are trying to stop Imperial Metals from exploring an area between Manning and Skagit Valley...
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Video: A Case for the South Okanagan‑Similkameen National Park Reserve

South Okanagan-Similkameen community leaders and scientists talk about how the park reserve would affect the economy...

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Video: South Okanagan‑Similkameen National Park Reserve
Help make the South Okanagan-Similkameen region be the best that it can be!
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Wild Times: Canada's Last Wild Spotted Owls
BC's Fraser Canyon is a truly awesome landscape. Here the Fraser River boils, rolls and froths as it muscles its way...

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