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Manitoba budget all talk and no action on the environment
WINNIPEG — According to the Wilderness Committee, the Manitoba government has today introduced a budget devoid of...
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Help make climate change a top priority this election! Young people all across British Columbia are sitting down with...
BC government won't protect endangered caribou habitat
VANCOUVER — Today, federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna received a legal application...
Logging threatens Wells Gray caribou herd, petitioners say
Another voice joins chorus warning of caribou crisis
Another national environmental group is sounding an alarm for the country's caribou. The Wilderness Committee released...
Rallying support to protect Lake Winnipegosis islands
An alliance of two First Nations and a pair of conservation organizations are hopeful Manitobans will quickly weigh in...
Threatened boreal caribou in crisis across Canada
WINNIPEG - The Wilderness Committee has just released a report highlighting the urgent need to protect Canada’s iconic...
Threatened boreal caribou in crisis across Canada
WINNIPEG - The Wilderness Committee has just released a report highlighting the urgent need to protect Canada’s iconic...
Manitoba will join with Nunavut to monitor essential caribou herd
Manitoba is partnering with the government of Nunavut to assess the state of a caribou herd that's an essential food...
National organization slams Manitoba environment survey
A national environmental group says a Manitoba government survey asking for input on climate-change policy is a waste...
Hammering out our differences: reflections on our state of the rainforest tour
By Torrance Coste Last Tuesday, a woodlot operator from northern Vancouver Island challenged my colleagues and I at a...
Government's Climate and Green Plan waste of time and money
WINNIPEG - The Wilderness Committee is calling out the Manitoba government’s Climate and Green Plan survey as a waste...
Opinion: Shipping raw logs out of B.C. is bleeding our forest industry and communities dry
By Torrance Coste & Scott Doherty The Vancouver Sun, March 21, 2017 Early this month, a paper mill on Vancouver Island...
Budget shows low‑carbon future is imminent
VANCOUVER – While the federal government invests in moving Canada towards a low-carbon economy, Budget 2017 throws...
Environmentalists speak to Port Hardy crowd about old growth and raw logs
Two self-described "friendly neighbourhood environmentalists" came to logging country this week to rail against...
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