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B.C. government pulls environmental certificate for controversial ski resort
VANCOUVER - Developers of a controversial billion-dollar ski resort that has been decades in the making will have "to...
Solar vessel sails into Steveston
Environmentalists hope to educate public on Fraser River industrialization push A solar-powered catamaran, driven by...
Solar-powered catamaran to launch tour along Kinder Morgan tanker route
Media Advisory Salish Sea Tour begins Saturday with ceremony in Tsleil-Waututh Nation Territory NORTH VANCOUVER -...
Mikisew First Nation takes Wood Buffalo concerns to UNESCO
Fort Chipewyan’s Mikisew Cree First Nation is appealing to the United Nations to help protect Wood Buffalo National...
Company dealing with critics, going to court in Canada, too
Another of Taseko Mines Limited’s pending projects is its New Prosperity mine in British Columbia. Like the Florence...
Application submitted for old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley
News Release Teal Jones’ cutblock threatens some of the most ecologically significant rainforest in Canada VICTORIA –...
TV News Story - Opposition to Red Chris Mine opening
This is a TV news story about the Wilderness Committee's call for a ban on new tailings ponds in BC in light of last...
‘Elaho Giant’ — 1,000-year-old Douglas fir — saved by quick action of B.C. fire crews
It was scorched and blackened by fire, but thanks in part to the quick action of B.C. fire crews, one of Canada’s...
1,000 letters tell Manitoba Premier to deny permits for Energy East pipeline proposal
News Release Wilderness Committee and Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition deliver Stop Energy East letters to Premier...
TV News Story - Alarming Global Extinction Rate
This is a TV news story about a scientific report out of Mexico that shows that global extinction rates are 100 times...
1,000-year-old Elaho Giant tree in danger from B.C. wildfire
The mighty Elaho Giant has stood in place since the days when Vikings were settling on this continent, but now a...
TV News Story - Fines demanded for yahoos who harass moose
Conservation officials in British Columbia are investigating a video that shows a man jumping on a moose and briefly...
Endangered sage-grouse numbers on the rise in Alberta and Saskatchewan
News Release Federal emergency order helping endangered prairie bird populations recover CALGARY — Canada’s endangered...
Jumbo Pass ski resort goes downhill after avalanche of opposition
News Release VANCOUVER - A proposed billion-dollar ski resort located high in the Purcell Mountains at Jumbo Pass...
Logging Plans Could Rekindle BC's War in the Woods
Teal Jones marked our 'no-go zone' for clear-cut. Here's what happens next. Eight months ago, a hiker and friend of...
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