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Columns
British Columbia
What’s Up with big trees: Cutting through the noise on old‑growth forests
“And so I wake in the morning And I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream from the...
Columns
British Columbia
Let Forests Grow Notice: Public call for a ban on herbicide forest spraying in BC
REQUEST FOR: A ban on pesticides in logging, including glyphosate, and updating post-logging policies to restore for...
Media Releases
Ontario
National Campaigns
Canada‑Ontario Nature Conservation Announcement Falls Short
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee and the...
Columns
Manitoba
Extend the park logging ban, not the logging licence
The forests in Duck Mountain Provincial Park are still falling. Ecosystems here, which took a century to grow, will be...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Caribou habitat disrupted for mining in Provincial Park, funded by Government
Mine company NiCan Limited was given public money for mineral exploration in documented caribou habitat in Grass River...
Columns
Manitoba
Critical action on mineral extraction
The hot new buzz term in Manitoba is critical minerals. We keep hearing critical minerals will mean so much for this...
Media Releases
Richmond residents’ call to reject Tilbury LNG heard in B.C. Legislature
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Richmond-Steveston MLA Kelly Greene...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Toxic herbicide spray drops 97 per cent throughout Ma’amtagila territory in Great Bear Rainforest after alarm sounded
Over 9,500 ha of forested land saved from glyphosate spraying in 2023 VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh...
News
Manitoba
Environment Act urgently needs an update
Recently, the new Manitoba government made environment licensing decisions on two silica sand projects, approving one...
Let's get Pesticides out of Forests!
Videos
Whatever's Wild Episode 1 ‑ The only spotted owl left in Canada
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Whatever's Wild Podcast series with host Cedar George-Parker. Today's guest is the...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Budget 2024 silent on environment, conservative on climate
Climate measures focus on reacting to disasters instead of bold emissions cuts, no new funding for biodiversity and...
Media Releases
Ontario
Ontario government proposes to further gut dndangered species rules for developers
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the...
Columns
Manitoba
The future we ask for
There's a lot of sadness around right now at the state of our winter. Skating rinks and ski trails are closed, the...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Silica Sand Mine Still Risky Despite Being Labeled as Critical Mineral
Project in Hollow Water First Nation territory has environmental and health risks, requires more planning WINNIPEG /...
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