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Court exonerates Wilderness Committee in Taseko Mines defamation suit
News Release VANCOUVER - The Wilderness Committee is celebrating a BC Supreme Court ruling that confirmed the...
Group of B.C. businesses, contractors create pro‑pipeline petition and social media campaign
It’s no secret that many environmental groups are opposed to the Kinder-Morgan pipeline expansion and other large...
Islands in the Sky: Chopping Ancient Walbran Valley Forest Spells Extinction for Treetop Species
High in the trees that have been growing in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island for up to 1,000 years, unique...
Will you become a Toad Person?
What does it take to save a species? It takes people like you – people who care about our wildlife and know we are...
Down to earth: Site C is eating all the pie in the Peace!
Earlier this year, on the stunning Peace River, BC Hydro began clear cutting forests to prepare for the early stages...
Hundreds Rally Outside NEB Pipeline Hearings
News Release Citizens and First Nations Call on Trudeau to Scrap Kinder Morgan Review BURNABY, BC - Local residents...
Rally: Citizens call on Trudeau to scrap Kinder Morgan review
Media Advisory BURNABY, BC - Local residents, First Nations representatives and environmental groups will rally...
Rubber‑stamp Kinder Morgan pipeline hearings begin despite public outcry
News Release BURNABY, BC – The National Energy Board (NEB) begins hearings today as part of the federal review for the...
Video: DEVASTATING IMPACT ‑ GWEN BARLEE TALKS OPPOSITION TO SITE C
Wild Times ‑ About Time
January/February 2016 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel, as he writes about how people's...
NEW VIDEO: Mine Waste and the Fraser River Watershed
January 16, 2016 Do you remember the huge mine tailings dam that burst at BC’s infamous Mount Polley Mine in 2014...
Manitoba is now committed to a legacy of wilderness protection
January 14, 2016 Manitoba has as much nature and wilderness as many countries in the world. Clear lakes and rivers...
Video: Downstream ‑‑ Mine Waste and the Fraser River Watershed
Huge mine tailings dams – like the one that burst at the Mount Polley Mine in 2014 – pose a serious risk to the health...
Wilderness Committee cautiously optimistic about provincial opposition to Kinder Morgan pipeline project
News Release VANCOUVER – In an unexpected move the BC government announced this morning they are formally opposing the...
Wilderness Committee rejects Manitoba’s “climate leadership” justification for Energy East
News Release Alberta and Manitoba Premiers’ statements show fossil fuel expansion remains a real threat to our climate...
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