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TV News Story ‑ Federal permits granted for Site C dam construction
This is a TV news story about federal permits being granted for construction of the Site C dam. The Wilderness...
Pipeline Panel Hears Resounding “NO” From Public
Wilderness Committee complains meetings poorly advertised and hard to get to VANCOUVER, BC – A federal panel appointed...
Raw log rally attendees send message to BC gov’t
Close to 100 people gathered the parking lot of the Johnston Road 7-Eleven on Friday and marched to Victoria Quay to...
Radio – Joe Foy Answers Questions on Site C Impacts
In this radio interview, WC National Campaign Director Joe Foy answers questions from listeners on the Site C dam and...
Joe Foy Radio Interview on Site C Farming Impacts
In this radio interview, WC National Campaign Director Joe Foy discusses the Site C dam and the repercussions it would...
TV News Story ‑ Port Alberni protest against raw log shipments
This is a TV news story about a protest in Port Alberni BC calling for sustainable forestry practices. The protest was...
Workers and Environmentalists Rally for Forests and Jobs
Diverse coalition calls for end to raw log exports PORT ALBERNI – Representatives from major forest industry unions...
ELF blockade of controversial cutblock continues
BC Timber Sales (BCTS) has awarded logging rights on a contentious cutblock on the slopes of Mt. Elphinstone, but the...
Government sued over pesticide use: neonics and bee deaths
A class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids has been blamed for what beekeepers claim is a “catastrophic” loss of...
Clearcutting British Columbia’s Thousand‑Year‑Old Trees
It has been a year since the Wilderness Committee drew our attention to the planned logging of old-growth trees in...
Let's go to the dam pub: Site C wants in‑camp watering hole
'Tantalizing appetizers' and happy hour specials would be on the menu for Site C's 1,600 workers Workers at the Site C...
Vancouver bans bee‑killing pesticide
Vancouver city council has voted unanimously to ban neonicotinoids, a group of pesticides believed to contribute to...
Lawsuit filed over federal permits for alleged bee‑killing pesticides
'If they can't remove it right away, they should give more information to the public': Gelfand Environmental groups...
Wild Times ‑ A Canadian Story
July/August 2016 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel, as he explores the history of a peaceful...
Biggest ever ‘Paddle for the Peace’ in northeastern B.C.
Protesters still hope to halt construction of Site C Dam "I sure as hell don't want to see this dam go up, it's...
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