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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...
Paddle for the Peace draws hundreds of protestors against Site C dam
Hundreds of people journeyed down the Peace River in solidarity this weekend with one goal in mind-to stop Site C. “It...
Why We're Fighting For Our Bee Friends In Court
Last week we launched a lawsuit to save Canada’s bees from deadly neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides. Going to court is...
Video: Paddle for the Peace
This is the 11th annual Paddle for the Peace event - held in the Peace River Valley between Fort St John and Hudsons...
Where are the rangers?
When was the last time you saw a park ranger? Chances are you haven’t in some time, especially in the Okanagan...
BC has just one full‑time park ranger for every two million hectares: environmental group
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – How can one person patrol two million hectares all by themselves? An environmental group says...
Only 7 full time park rangers patrol 14 million hectares of protected areas in British Columbia
Further cuts results in just a handful of rangers overseeing an area the size of Denmark, Costa Rica and Switzerland...
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