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Thousands of Manitobans demand protection for the lower Bird River
News Release Wilderness Committee to deliver 3,600 letters to Premier Selinger WINNIPEG - Today at 10:30 a.m. the...
Video: Manitobans say #StopEnergyEast
Here's a look at the Wilderness Committee's recent efforts to stop the Energy East pipeline. From the climate impacts...
BC government considers national park designation for South Okanagan-Similkameen
Province launches 60-day public consultation process on protection options VANCOUVER – This morning in a positive...
TV News Story - Trains or Pipelines debate wrong question says Wilderness Committee
This is a TV news story about a recent report by the Fraser Institute that compares oil transportation via train to...
More participants withdraw from Kinder Morgan pipeline review
Vancouver – The Wilderness Committee, CPAWS-BC and 33 individuals have become the latest participants to publicly...
South Okanagan-Similkameen national park debate reopened
The province has reopened the debate on a national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen, albeit with some...
A new Canadian national park just over the border with Washington?
A long-discussed, hitherto sidetracked proposal for a new Canadian national park, located just over the U.S.-Canada...
Trans Mountain faces 145 energy board conditions for pipeline expansion
As NEB issues 145 draft conditions for Kinder Morgan, the Wilderness Committee and CPAWS, along with 33 citizens send...
TV News Story - Discussion about reasons for leaving Vancouver pipeline process
This is a TV news story about the reasons that the Wilderness Committee and dozens of concerned citizens have dropped...
TV News Story - Wilderness Committee calls pipeline public process a sham
This is a TV news story about the Wilderness Committee and other citizens dropping out of the flawed National Energy...
More participants withdraw from flawed Kinder Morgan pipeline review process
News Release Two environmental organizations and 33 individuals join experts in withdrawing from the National Energy...
B.C. says park policy offers protection while others fear development
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province's parks are off limits to industrial activity under a new...
Big Trees and Even Bigger Smiles
Another great summer building trails in Clayoquot Sound! August 6, 2015 On July 10th, I found myself back out in one...
In Canada, officials keep close watch on environmental activists
Newly released documents show that police in British Columbia are monitoring opponents of oil pipeline development...
The Mount Polley disaster: One year later
Mining in BC could cost BC taxpayers more than a mine produces in its entire lifetime; that’s the bottom line. The...
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