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BC’S SUPREME COURT GAVE BC HYDRO AN INJUNCTION
The province’s Supreme Court granted B.C. Hydro an injunction to remove local farmers and First Nations from 216...
Come trail building with the Wilderness Committee!
February 25, 2016 The weather is getting better each day, and you want to get out into the woods. You want to immerse...
Taseko Mines appeals defamation court loss
News Release Wilderness Committee demands BC government enact anti-SLAPP legislation in light of Taseko court appeal...
NGO submission to UN highlights impacts of Site C dam on Indigenous rights, food security
News Release Four BC-based NGOs who made a submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are...
Western Toad Habitat in Danger as Nearby Logging Takes Place
A federally listed species of special concern could be threatened as the BC Government has approved logging near its...
Western toad protection at risk from logging, say environmentalists
Residents of a village in the Kootenay region of B.C. say their town-owned logging company shouldn't be cutting down...
Support TOAD PEOPLE on Indiegogo!
February 22, 2016 What does it take to save a species? It takes someone just like you – a person who cares about our...
Imminent logging threatens one of “the great wildlife migrations in the world” near Nakusp, BC
News Release Core western toad habitat near Summit Lake, Nakusp slated for harvest VANCOUVER – The BC government has...
Imminent logging threatens toad habitat near Nakusp, BC
Vancouver – The BC government has approved logging near Summit Lake, 14 kilometres outside of the Village of Nakusp in...
Tiny western toads put economic, environmental squeeze on village of Nakusp
VICTORIA — A migration of toads described as a croaking, moving carpet and one of the world's environmental wonders is...
B.C. anti-logging petition warns of a Kootenay region toad road to nowhere
Up to one million toads can cross the road safely in southeast British Columbia thanks largely to a provincial...
Site C protesters, BC Hydro in Supreme Court today
VANCOUVER, B.C. — BC Hydro is in Supreme Court today seeking an injunction to clear the Rocky Mountain Fort Camp so...
Taseko heads back to court
Vancouver-based Taseko Mines Limited says that there’s some $3 billion worth of gold and copper beneath its New...
Groups criticize lack of B.C. government’s ambition in climate change plans
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Energy Forum, a coalition of industry associations, power producers and environmental...
Budget 2016 grows greenhouse gas emissions and BC Hydro’s debt
VICTORIA - The 2016 British Columbia Budget contained little good news for British Columbians hoping for meaningful...
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